Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) |
Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) |
1- Question: If a person sells his/her house and buys another house or has another one built, is the proceeds from the sale of the previous house subject to khums, even if a year has not passed? |
1- Question: If a person sells his residential house in order to buy another house or to have a new one built, are the proceeds subject to khums? |
2- Question: A person sold his residential house which he had bought with khums–paid money. Is the increase in its value subject to khums? If he had bought it with his yearly earnings (profit), how much and in which case should he pay khums. |
2- Question: Is khums applicable to a house constructed some time ago with the money from which khums had not been paid? Assuming that its khums is obligatory, does the appropriate khums correspond to its current value or to the value of the money spent on its construction? |
3- Question: Is the deposit paid to the landlord by the tenant for renting a house subject to khums? Knowing that this money is just used as a means. |
3- Question: For renting a house, people usually give a sum of money in advance. If this money is obtained from one’s earnings and remains with the house owner for several years, is it obligatory to pay its khums immediately after receiving it? And What if one wants to rent another house with this very money? |
4- If a person keeps an amount of money several years in order to buy a house, it is not considered as part of ma’ūnah and they should pay khums on it. |
4- Question: A person does not own a house and saves money in order to prepare sufficient funds to purchase a house and the necessities of life, is it liable to khums? |