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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Khums, the Fund of Independence of Bayt Al-Mal Précis of Ahadith of Khums Implication of above Ahadith is clear in many ways, while some of cavillers try to make doubt about their implication by delusive objections and free themselves from these Ahadith. We mention some of their objections for instance.

1- They say for Hadith of Muhammad ibn Ash’ari (which correctness of its evidence had proved): کتب بعض اصحابنا الى ابى جعفر الّئانى علیه السلام خبرنى عن الخمس اعلى جمیع ما یستفید الرّجل من قلیل و کثیر من جمیع الضّروب و على الصّناع و کیف ذلک؟ فکتب بخطّه علیه السلام الخمس بعد المؤونة One of our companions wrote to ninth Imam (a.s.): Inform us that if Khums applies on all the things which a person uses, from few and many from any kind of income and also on artisans? And how should it be paid?

Imam wrote with his own handwriting that Khums is after the costs of living. [^1] It is understood well from this text than asker has had doubt either in generality and quality of Khums and Imam has answered to both questions with one short sentence as it had been common way in writing letters in that time.

When he says Khums is after the costs of living the question about quality which is the second question of asker and also the question about the necessity of Khums in all kinds of income both have been answered. But with his clearance of the meaning of this cabbala, cavillers sometimes say that answer and question in Hadith are not compatible with each other and it is like a cryptogram, while there is neither a secret nor any doubt in it.

And sometimes they say that what the meaning of “Ma’oona” is? While in several cabbalas in chapter of Khums which Ma’oona has been mentioned, it has been affirmed that the meaning of Ma’oona is the costs of living of a person; moreover surely the costs of business is not considered because the sentence “ ما یستفید الرّجل” (anything which a man uses) means net profit, and surely net profit achieves after subtracting the costs of business.

And sometimes they say that what the meaning of “الضّروب” is? It seems that they had no knowledge about the word that “الضّروب” means kinds and here it means kinds of businesses and industries and jobs. It is interesting that is some of next Ahadith they had made another excuse which is for present Imam, but explicitness of above Hadith in generality of the ruling is so much that they did not dare to arise this objection for this Hadith.