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Khums: History, Twelver Shia jurisprudence & Sunni jurisprudence

In Islam, khums (Arabic: خُمْس ) is a tax on Muslims which obligates them to pay one-fifth (20%) of their acquired wealth from the spoils of war and, according to most Muslim jurists, other specified types of income, towards various designated beneficiaries. In Islamic legal terminology, "spoils of war" (al-ghanima) refers to property and wealth looted…

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Khums topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Twelver Shia jurisprudence and Sunni jurisprudence as prominent areas in the source structure around Khums.

Related topics
127
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
136
Extracted relationships
257
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
136

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 39 topics
Twelver Shia jurisprudence · 28 topics
Sunni jurisprudence · 19 topics
Applicability · 10 topics
Khums in history · 10 topics
Origin · 10 topics
Division and distribution · 6 topics
After Muhammad's death · 4 topics
During Muhammad's lifetime · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

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Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Origin

During Muhammad's lifetime

After Muhammad's death

Sunni jurisprudence

Applicability

Division and distribution

Twelver Shia jurisprudence

Khums in history

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Khums connects Entity context

The extracted context around Khums shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Khums → Abu, After Muhammad's, Al-Shafi'i, Al-Shaykh, Aliya Rufay, Banu Hashim, Banu Muttalib, Basran Quran, God, God's, Hanbalis, He, However, Ibn Abbas, Imam, In, Kaaba, Mihran, Muhammad, Muhammad's Another extracted example is Khums → Additionally, AH/tenth, All, Although Twelver, As, CE, Consequently, Everything, For, God, Hanafi, Hanbali, Imam, Imam Ali, Imam's, Imams, In, Jurists, Kafi, Kitab. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Khums

Top relations

related to Division and distribution · 39
Khums → Abu, After Muhammad's, Al-Shafi'i, Al-Shaykh, Aliya Rufay, Banu Hashim, Banu Muttalib, Basran Quran, God, God's, Hanbalis, He, However, Ibn Abbas, Imam, In, Kaaba, Mihran, Muhammad, Muhammad's
related to Applicability · 37
Khums → Additionally, AH/tenth, All, Although Twelver, As, CE, Consequently, Everything, For, God, Hanafi, Hanbali, Imam, Imam Ali, Imam's, Imams, In, Jurists, Kafi, Kitab
related to Role of khums in the independence of the clergy from the state · 32
Khums → AH/934, Baghdad, Buyid, CE, During, He, His, Imam, In, Instead, Iraqi, Islam, Kadhim, Mecca, Muhammad's, Murtada, Musa, Musawi, Radi, Sharif
related to Twelver Shia jurisprudence · 31
Khums → Ali, Baqir, Hadi, Historical, Historically, However, Imam, Imam Ali, Imam Ja'far, Imam Muhammad, Imam Musa, Imam's, Imamate, Imams Muhammad, In, Islamic, Ja'far, Jawad, Kadhim, Muhammad
related to Europe · 25
Khums → According, Africa, After, Caliphate, Caucasian, Christians, Cordoba, Europe, From, Ghanima, Greece, However, Ibn Hazm, Jews, Morocco, Musa Nusayr, Muslim, Muslims, Ottoman Sultanate, Outside Spain
related to After Muhammad's death · 20
Khums → Abu Bakr, AH/632 CE, Ahwaz, Ali, As, During, God, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Muslims, Prophet, Quran, Quraysh, Shortly, Some, Susa, The, Umar, Uthman, When Muhammad's
related to External links · 18
Khums → Al-Khums, An Islamic TaxKhums Calculator, AnfalAbdulaziz Sachedina, Century Shia, Concise Description, Ghana'im, Google Books, Imāmī Shīʿī Legal SystemKhums, Islamic Law, Journal, Legal Opinions, Muḥammad, Near Eastern Studies, No, Oct, Sections, The Fifth, Vol
related to India · 16
Khums → Afghans, Delhi Sultanate, From, Ghanima, Hindus, In, India, Koh-i-Noor, Muslim, One, Persians, Some, The, Turko-Mongols, War, Warangal
related to During Muhammad's lifetime · 12
Khums → Abd Allah, Abi Talib, Ali, Ansari, God's, Jaz, Ka'b, Mahmiya, Muhammad, Prophet, The, Two
related to Africa · 9
Khums → African, For, Hamman Yaji, However, Humphrey Fisher, Islamic, Muslim, Translated, West African Muslim

Important terminology

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Important terminology

imam muhammad share jurists war booty muhammad's among one twelver muslim also shia spoils shares islamic income tax orphans islam

Khums relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 257 structured relationships around Khums. Examples in this analysis include Khums → is a → first Islamic tax and Khums → is a → vital component of all Twelver works of jurisprudence and constitutes one of the basic differences between the Twelver school and other Islamic legal schools. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Khumsis afirst Islamic tax0.90text
Khumsis avital component of all Twelver works of jurisprudence and constitutes one of the basic differences between the Twelver school and other Islamic legal schools0.90text
Khumsis aone-time tax - once khums is paid on an item0.90text
zakatinstance ofIt is separate from other Islamic taxes0.80text
jizyainstance ofIt is separate from other Islamic taxes0.80text
Najafinstance ofespecially in the centers of religious learning0.80text
Qum.providing the householdinstance ofespecially in the centers of religious learning0.80text
academic expenses of the clergyproviding the necessary expenses of the poor among the Twelver Shiapublic welfare projectsinstance ofespecially in the centers of religious learning0.80text
such as building hospitalspropagating Islam among Muslims as well as non-Muslimspaying for disaster reliefjihadSayyidsinstance ofespecially in the centers of religious learning0.80text
as descendants of Muhammadinstance ofespecially in the centers of religious learning0.80text
are not permitted to receive alms like zakat from non-Sayyidsinstance ofespecially in the centers of religious learning0.80text
Khumsrelated to AfricaMuslim0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Khums bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Muhammad, Imam and Booty. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Khums
    • Muhammad
    • Imam
    • Booty
    • Twelver
    • War
    • Jurists
    • One
    • Spoils
    • Shia
    • Muhammad's
    • Tax
    • Share
  • khums
    • Muhammad
    • Imam
    • Booty
    • Twelver
    • War
    • Jurists
    • One
    • Spoils
    • Shia
    • Muhammad's
    • Tax
    • Share
  • islam
    • Sunni
    • Spoils
    • Shia
    • Wealth
    • War
    • Family
    • One-fifth
    • Relatives
    • Muhammad
    • Sahm
    • Clergy
    • Needy
  • shia islam
    • Sunni
    • Spoils
    • Shia
    • Twelver
    • Wealth
    • War
    • Among
    • Family
    • Needy
    • Regarding
    • Imam
    • One-fifth
  • islamic prophet muhammad
    • Shares
    • God
    • Orphans
    • Muslim
    • Share
    • Relatives
    • One
    • Muhammad's
    • Imam
    • Wealth
    • Needy
    • Family
  • imam
    • Khums
    • Imam's
    • Muhammad
    • Shares
    • Regarding
    • God
    • One
    • Twelver
    • Three
    • Shia
    • Al-tusi
    • One-fifth
  • muhammad al-mahdi
    • Shares
    • God
    • Share
    • Relatives
    • One
    • Orphans
    • Muhammad's
    • Imam
    • Needy
    • Family
    • Twelver
    • Time
  • jurists
    • Twelver
    • Time
    • Khums
    • Muhammad
    • Sunni
    • Also
    • Al-tusi
    • Spoils
    • Muslim
    • Shares
    • Among
    • War

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Khums, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Khums with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
KhumsOverview · splits 97 ⟂ 40
KhumsTwelver Shia jurisprudence · splits 108 ⟂ 29
KhumsSunni jurisprudence · splits 117 ⟂ 20
KhumsOrigin · splits 126 ⟂ 11
KhumsApplicability · splits 126 ⟂ 11
KhumsKhums in history · splits 126 ⟂ 11
KhumsDivision and distribution · splits 130 ⟂ 7
KhumsAfter Muhammad's death · splits 132 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Khums

Nodes137
Edges136
Triples257
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014599
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Khums to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Twelver Shia jurisprudence & Sunni jurisprudence, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Khums · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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