KHUMS 20% AN ISLAMIC TAX pdf download

Khums 20% AN ISLAMIC TAX by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi

KHUMS 20% AN ISLAMIC TAX

Some Contents

• Preface.
• ♦ An Introduction.
  • The Middle Path.
  • The Economic Equality.
• ♦ Khums in the Qur’an & History.
• ♦ Khums on the Surplus & Profit of Income.
  • When to pay khums.
  • Definitions of income, profit & surplus.
  • The Deductible Expenses.
  • I Never Paid Khums Before.
• ♦ The Illegitimate Wealth mixed with Legitimate Wealth.
• ♦ The Distribution of Khums.

• The Two Shares of Khums.
  • The Sihmu ‘I-Imam.
  • The Sihmu ‘s-Sadat.

Since khums is an issue with which a Shi’ah Muslim is faced at least once

in a year, the need for a simple and, at the same time, comprehensive book on this subject has been felt in our community since a long time.

And therefore, when this booklet was published in 1984 in Vancouver, it was, al-hamdu lil-lah, very well received.

In 1990,1 revised and expanded the previous editions. A few pages were added dealing with the verse of khums (in Chapter One), and also the usage of khums during the days of the Prophet and the Imams of Ahlu ‘1- bayt (in Chapter Four). These additions will give the reader a brief look into the history of khums.

Obviously, the size and purpose of the booklet did not allow me to deal with this aspect of khums comprehensively.

A chapter has also been added at the end to express my thoughts about some of the moral and “political” sides of khums.

• ♦ Some Thoughts on Khums.

• Khums: A Charity or a Duty?
  • “Do Others Also Give Khums?”
  • ‘Khums Dependency Syndrome.’
  • Those Who Do Not Pay Their Dues As Seen by Imam’ Ali (a).