Khums: Ruling on Doubt in Annual Khums Calculations

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Ruling on Doubt in Annual Khums Calculations

English:

Question #958:

By the grace of Allah, I withdraw khums from my income every year. However, during the years I did so I always had doubts about the calculation. What is the ruling regarding this doubt? Should I calculate all my cash this year or should I ignore the doubt?

Answer #958:

If you doubt whether the khums assessment of your previous years’ income was correct or not, then you are not to pay attention to this doubt. Furthermore, you have no duty to pay khums again. However, if you doubt whether a particular income relates to the previous years from which khums has been paid or to the present year from which khums has not yet been paid, then it is obligatory for you to pay its khums as a caution unless you verify that its khums has already been paid.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Khums