Questions Archive(Tag:Khums)
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Is Khums payable on money which has been deposited free of interest only to be used in future for buying a house?
8474 2013/05/15 Laws and JurisprudenceSupreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, may Allah grant him long life, says in response to the following question: There is a person who does not have a house of his own to live in. He has saved som
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What is khums and what is it paid on?
8296 2012/12/16 Laws and JurisprudenceKhums literally means one-fifth or 20% . In Islamic legal terminology, it means one-fifth of certain items which a person earns by means of trade, industry, agricultural work, research or any other wa
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Why is it necessary to give Sahm-e Imam to a qualified Mujtahid?
8343 2012/05/19 Laws and JurisprudenceGiven the fact that qualified jurisprudents are the general representatives of the Imam of Time ( atf ) during the period of occultation and that, in order for the Islamic laws not to remain unperform
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What are the financial resources of religious seminaries and where they get their funds from?
5778 2012/05/16 SystemShia clerics and seminaries are proud of being financially independent. The seminaries budget comes from religious dues ( Khums, endowments, charities, grants, etc. ) paid by the faithful. Some cleric