| Question ID 1268 - Zakat and Khums - 2014-04-06 21:30:01 |
| Salam Syed pls answer my query.
1.Khums is wajib on whom?
2. At what times should we give khums? ( i mean when should we give? Like once a year or before ziyarat, hajj, etc. I want to know this ans briefly)
3. To whom should we give khums?
Wassalam |
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Answer:- > 1.Khums is wajib on whom?
> A1. Khums is obligatory on every Muslim who has any thing ( money, kind
> etc) more than his real expenses . Khums is 20% of that amount which
> remains every year after spending the usual and lawful expenses.
> 2. At what times should we give khums? ( i mean when should we give? Like
> once a year or before ziyarat, hajj, etc. I want to know this ans briefly)
> A2. Once a year on a fixed date which you start from the day you started
> earning or any other date you select if you pay Khums from the previous
> period.
> 3. To whom should we give khums?
> A3. Half of Khums is called Sahm e Sadat which is to be given to needy
> Sadat, and the other half is called Sahm e Imam which is to be given now a
> days to the Marje of Taqleed or any of his authorized deputies to be spent
> in serving religion, people and good cause. You may seek permission to
> spend part of Sahm e Imam in any good cause that you know.
Wassalam.
Mohammad al-Musawi
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