If a person is usually expected to prepare all the dowry for...

If a person is usually expected to prepare all the dowry for his daughter over a few years, and if it is deemed unbecoming for him not to give away any dowry, Khums will not be liable on what he purchases as a part of dowry during the year, provided it is within his means and preparing that part of dowry in one year is commonly considered as usual yearly expenditure. But if he exceeds his means, or spends the prafit of one year to buy the dowry in the following year, he will pay its Khums.

Whatever a person spends for his journey to A*ajj or other Ziyarah (pilgrimages) is reckoned to be part of his expenditure of the year in which he spends it, and if his journey extends till part of the next year, he should pay Khums on what he spends during the second year. If a person who earns profit from his work and trade, has some other property on which Khums is not liable, he can calculate his expenditure for the year…