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Khums

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…

History, Twelver Shia jurisprudence & Sunni jurisprudence

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Twelver Shia jurisprudence

Obligatory acts of faithFifth ImamMuhammad al-BaqirJa'far al-SadiqQa'im
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Sunni jurisprudence

Schools of lawHanafiHanbaliMalikisShafi'i
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Khums in history

Hamman YajiBerber peopleOttoman SultanateCordobaSicily
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IslamArabicMuslimsAl-ghanimaLooted
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During Muhammad's lifetime

After Muhammad's death

Sunni jurisprudence

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Division and distribution

Twelver Shia jurisprudence

Khums in history

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Khums

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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

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

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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

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