However...

However, the estate of the rebellious, who withheld paying khums, could revert to the believing among his heirs; and it is not incumbent on the inheritor to pay the khums liability on behalf of the legator. This is the case too with everything the devout Muslim assumes ownership of from sources, that do not pay khums, by way of business or for free. Thus, the recipient has the right of disposal over such property.

The same goes for the property, of a person who does not pay khums, if he has been given free hand, but without ownership; the benefit would be the recipient’s and the sin shall be on the person who withheld the khums, if he was at fault. My father paused for a while. I took the opportunity to ask him a question. * What shall be the position of a businessman, a landlord, an industrialist, an employee, a student, or others who did…