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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Khums, the Fund of Independence of Bait Al-mal Is Khums Exclusive To Spoils in Qur’an? The issue of Khums has only been mentioned once in holy Qur'an (and also it is not only Khums which has been mentioned in one verse, but there are lots of rulings of Qur'an which have been mentioned only once in Qur'an and there is no doubt that, this one time expression is enough).

And that is verse 41 of Anfal Sura: وَ اعْلَمُوا اَنَّما غَنِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَىْءه خُمُسَهُ وَ لِلرَّسُولِ وَ لِذِى الْقُرْبى وَ اليَتامى وَ الْمَساكينِ وَ ابْنِ السَّبيلِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ آمَنْتُمْ بِالله وَما اَنْزَلْنا عَلى عَبْدِنا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَىالْجَمْعانِ وَ الله عَلى كُلِّ شَىء قَديرٌ And know that whatever advantage you gain from things, one fifth of it is for Allah and Prophet (s.a.) and his Ahl -e- Bait and orphans and needy persons and suspended travelers (from them), if you have believed in Allah and the thing that he descended to his servant on the day of distinction of truth from evil, the day of confronting of two groups (believer and unbeliever; the day of battle of Badr); and Allah is powerful over all things.

📌Important matter which should be noticed in this verse and in fact all the issue concentrates on it is that does the advantage which has been mentioned in this verse only consist of spoils of war or expands to any kind of income.

In the first form, this verse only expresses the spoils of war and for Khums of other things we should use tradition, news and correct and reliable cabbalas and there is no problem in that Qur'an points to a part of ruling in proportion and other parts express in tradition.

For example, quintet daily prayer has been mentioned explicitly in holy Qur’an, and also it has been pointed to the prayer of Tawaf (circumambulate the Ka’ba) which is one of obligatory prayers, but nothing has been mentioned about Ayaat (signs) prayer which is agreed by all Muslim, Shiites and Sonnies, and Ghazaa prayer and like them; and we cannot find anyone who says because Ayaat prayer has not been mentioned in Qur'an and it is only available in tradition of Prophet (s.a.) should not be performed, or because it has been pointed to some Ghusls (full ablution) in Qur'an and nothing has been said about some other Ghusls, therefore we should abstain from them.

This is a logic which no Muslim accepts.

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