Khums: Why Isn’t Land Bought for Future Home Considered Annual Expense for Khums?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Why Isn’t Land Bought for Future Home Considered Annual Expense for Khums?

English:

Question #911:

You have stated that khums is not obligatory for anything which forms part of one’s expenditures. On this basis, if a person does not own a house for living but it is several years that he bought a piece of land and he does not have adequate funds for its construction, why is it not considered part of his annual expenditure? Would you please explain it.

Answer #911:

If the land was bought from one’s earnings during the khums year to build the needed house on it, it is indeed considered a part of the annual expenditure and does not require khums.

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