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✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:
1 عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قال: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْخُمُسِ فَقَالَ فِی کُلِّ مَا أَفَادَ النَّاسُ مِنْ قَلِیلٍ أَوْ کَثِیرٍ
📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 545
Sama'ah said: I asked Abul-Hasan (peace be upon him) about khums. The Imam said: It applies to everything people earn and acquire, whether little or much!
2 عن عَلِیِّ بْنِ مَهْزِیَارَ قَالَ کَتَبَ إِلَیْهِ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ و قَرَأْتُ أَنَا کِتَابَهُ إِلَیْهِ فِی طَرِیقِ مَکَّةَ الی ان قَالَ :...فَالْغَنَائِمُ وَ الْفَوَائِدُ یَرْحَمُکَ اللَّهُ فَهِیَ الْغَنِیمَةُ یَغْنَمُهَا الْمَرْءُ وَ الْفَائِدَةُ یُفِیدُهَا وَ الْجَائِزَةُ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ لِلْإِنْسَانِ الَّتِی لَهَا خَطَرٌ
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 141
Ali ibn Mahziyar said: Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) wrote a letter to me, which I read on the way to Mecca. In it, he said: May Allah have mercy on you! The spoils and benefits (that khums applies to) are the income and earnings that a person acquires, the gains he attains, and valuable gifts and donations that someone gives to a person....
3 عن أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی بْنِ یَزِید قال: کَتَبْتُ جُعِلْتُ لَکَ الْفِدَاءَ تُعَلِّمُنِی مَا الْفَائِدَةُ و ما حَدُّهَا رَأْیَکَ أَبْقَاکَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَمُنَّ عَلَیَّ بِبَیَانِ ذَلِکَ لِکَیْ لَا أَکُونَ مُقِیماً عَلَی حَرَامٍ لَا صَلَاةَ لِی و لَا صَوْمَ فَکَتَبَ الْفَائِدَةُ مِمَّا یُفِیدُ إِلَیْکَ فِی تِجَارَةٍ مِنْ رِبْحِهَا و حَرْثٌ بَعْدَ الْغَرَامِ أَوْ جَائِزَةٌ
📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 545
Ahmad said: I wrote to the Imam (peace be upon him): May I be your ransom! Teach me what a 'benefit' (fa’ida) is and its definition. May Allah preserve you! I wish to know your view so that I do not remain negligent of the unlawful, lest neither my prayer nor my fasting be accepted! The Imam replied: A benefit is what reaches you from trade profits, farming after paying wages, or gifts and donations!
📚 Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 122
4 عن عبداللَّه بن سنان قال: قال أَبُوعَبْداللَّه عَلَی کُلِّ امْرِئٍ غَنِمَ أَوِ اکْتَسَبَ الْخُمُسُ مِمَّا أَصَابَ لِفَاطِمَةَ و لِمَنْ یَلِی أَمْرَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِهَا مِنْ ذُرِّیَّتِهَا الْحُجَجِ عَلَی النَّاسِ فَذَاکَ لَهُمْ خَاصَّةً یَضَعُونَهُ حَیْثُ شَاءُوا
Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Whoever acquires or earns something, it is obligatory upon him to pay khums of what he has gained for Lady Fatimah (peace be upon her) and those of her descendants who, after her, are entrusted with her affairs and are Allah’s proof upon the people. It is exclusively for them, and they may spend it wherever they wish!
📚 Mustatrafat al-Sara’ir, p. 100
5 عن أَبِی بَصِیر عن أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قال: کَتَبْتُ إِلَیْهِ فِی الرَّجُلِ یُهْدِی إِلَیْهِ مَوْلَاهُ و الْمُنْقَطِعُ إِلَیْهِ هَدِیَّةً تَبْلُغُ أَلْفَیْ دِرْهَمٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ أَوْ أَکْثَرَ هَلْ عَلَیْهِ فِیهَا الْخُمُسُ فَکَتَبَ الْخُمُسُ فِی ذَلِکَ
Abu Basir said: I wrote to Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): A man’s friend, with whom he chooses to keep company, gives him a gift that reaches two thousand dirhams, or less, or more. Is paying khums on it obligatory for him? The Imam wrote back: Yes, khums applies to it!
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 123
6 عن محمد بن الحسن الْأَشعری قال کَتَبَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا إِلَی أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِی أَخْبِرْنِی عَنِ الْخُمُسِ أَ عَلَی جَمِیعِ ما یَسْتَفِیدُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ قَلِیلٍ و کَثِیرٍ مِنْ جَمِیعِ الضُّرُوبِ و عَلَی الصُّنَّاعِ و کَیْفَ ذَلِکَ فَکَتَبَ بِخَطِّهِ الْخُمُسُ بَعْدَ الْمَئُونَة
One of the companions wrote to Imam al-Jawad (peace be upon him): Tell me about khums. Does it apply to everything a person gains or earns, in small or large amounts, and also to craftsmen? How is it? The Imam, in his own handwriting, replied: Khums is due after deducting annual expenses!
✅ According to the above narrations and others, khums applies to all types of spoils and benefits that a person earns or acquires, after deducting annual living expenses. A valuable gift is one of those cases, which is specifically mentioned in the narrations as a 'gift' (hadiyya) or 'prize' (ja’iza). Therefore, if someone receives a gift and it is not consumed in their annual expenses, it becomes subject to khums, and they must pay it—unless it is spent during the year on their living expenses.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر