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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Kashaf-ul-haqaiq CHAPTER 12: KHUMS Khums is such a blessed thing which unites people, mends broken hearts, and all those jurists who have difference between them whether small or big become one. If there is any perfect example of Ijma (consensus) then this is it. Although this is not a very lengthy subject, nevertheless its importance has made me deal with it in a separate chapter altogether.
It will be my effort to deal with various points of it so that the believers can escape from the quicksand which they have been pushed into. In this chapter I have tried to deal with various aspects of it including Jizya (tax). All this effort of mine is so that instead of debating about this issue we should try and get to its reality. I am not trying to refute or compliment anyone, but this is a matter of understanding the issue.
It is also your duty not to read this chapter from a debating point of view but rather as an investigation into the matter. If you were then to see reality in this then your faith dictates that you should immediately accept it, because if there is faith then there is everything, if there is no faith then there is nothing.
I have looked at this problem of Khums from an investigative point of view and surveyed it various aspects so that you may not come under pressure from anyone, but you will act according to the statements of the Holy Infallibles (a.s.) and sort out both your world as well as the hereafter. Allah (s.w.t.) has made some provisions for the life of the Muslims and has divided them into two groups - Ummah and the Family of the Holy prophet (s.a.w.).
For the Ummah he has made Zakaat which is charity, and in this there is no share of the family/progeny of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.). For the progeny of the Holy Prophet He (s.w.t.) has made ‘Anfaal’ (Spoils of war) and Khums in which the Ummah has no share. The whole of the Anfaal is for the progeny of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) whereas Khums is a fifth.