Khums: Selling Personal Items: Is Immediate Khums Due?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Selling Personal Items: Is Immediate Khums Due?

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Question #982:

If certain items essential for living like car, motorcycle, carpet, etc, on which khums is not paid, are sold, should their khums be paid immediately after sale?

Answer #982:

If the mentioned items were necessary for his life and he paid for them from the income of the current khums year and then sold them during the next khums year or later, the proceeds are not subject to khums. But if they were bought with the money on which the khums year had passed without paying its khums, he should pay khums on their purchase price (after taking the rate of decrease in the money value into consideration) even though he does not sell them. However, if the person has no yearly khums account for his assets and does not know as to whether the khums year has passed on what he spent on buying necessities of life or not, he, by obligatory caution, must make muṣālaḥah with one of our authorized representatives regarding the purchase price.

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