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A Brief Introduction to Zakat And Khums - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief A Brief Introduction to Zakat And Khums 2022-11-13 3770 Views Khums , Zakat , Financial Obligation Zakat and Khums are among the financial religious duties of every Muslim who meet the necessary criteria of wealth to help the needy.

Contents Zakat (Taxation) Khums Zakat (Taxation) We may consider Salat (Prayer) and sawm (Fasting) as two acts of worship whose immediate basis is physical rather than spiritual. Zakat (taxation) is of an entirely different nature. According to the Shi’as, after Salat in rank comes “Zakat”. Indeed from some of the traditions of the Holy Imams (PBUTH), it is understood that if a person having the criteria does not give “Zakat” his salat also is invalid.

Like all other Muslims, the Imamiyah consider “Zakat” compulsory on nine things: camels, cows, goats; wheat, barley, dates, raisins; gold, and silver coins. The precise conditions and regulations can be found in the appropriate books of jurisprudence. It is interesting to note that all the rules are in basic conformity with those of the “fiqh” of the four Sunni schools of thought, Hanafi, Shafi’i, Maliki and Hanbali.

Among those entitled to receive Zakat are the poor and the needy, according to Allah the Almighty’s command in Surah at-Tawbah: “The charities are only for the poor and the needy” (9:60) Zakat al-fitrah (poor-tax on the day or ‘Eid al-Fitr) is compulsory for every adult and sane person who can financially support himself and his wife and children and other members of the household dependent on him. Its quantity is approximately 3 kilos of wheat, barley, or dates for every individual.

Khums Khums is a 20 percent obligatory Islamic tax on some items that we own under specific conditions.

It is another kind of tax, which is compulsory on six things: the booty taken from an enemy in war; the pearls and minerals drawn from the sea; hidden treasures mineral substances extracted from the land; lawfully gained money which has been mixed with unlawful money, profits gained from business, land transferred to a “dhimmi” (a Christian or a Jew, living within the Muslim nation) from a Muslim.