Month: April 2023

ACCOUNT OF THE DESPATCH OF EPISTLES BY THEAPOSTLE OF ALLAH, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM, TO THECHIEFS, INVITING THEM TO JOIN THE FOLD OF ISLAM,AND WHAT THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH, MAY ALLAHBLESS HIM, WROTE TO THE PEOPLE OF ARABIA ANDOTHERS-6

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Hisham Ibn Muhammad informed us; he said: Jamil Ibn Marthad
related to me; he said:
A member of the Ajiyin whose name was Habib Ibn ‘Amr, waited on the
Prophet, may Allah bless him. So he wrote an epistle for him: This is an
epistle from Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah, to Habib Ibn ‘Amr, the
brother of Banu Aja and to him from among his people who embrace
Islam, offer prayers, pay zakah from what he possesses and his water
well; and there will be no (further tax) on his urban or rura! (property).
For this, there is the guarantee of Allah and the guarantee of His Apostle.

Khums??

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What is Khums?

It is a 20 percent obligatory Islamic tax on some items that we own under specific conditions.

Who should pay it?

Every individual Muslim who is at the age of puberty and is sane. For the minors, it becomes the parents or guardian’s duty to pay it.

On what is it paid?

There are various items to which Khums applies. For example treasure trove and spoils of war, etc. But the most popular item in our daily life is the Khums on the surplus of income or on possessions that exceeds our needs.