One who is Creditor from a Sayyid
Issue No. 1581- If aneedy sayyid owes money to a person, the creditor may count his debt from khums due on him. However, in regards to the share of Imam (as) he should have the permission of the Mujtahid.
Issue No. 1581- If aneedy sayyid owes money to a person, the creditor may count his debt from khums due on him. However, in regards to the share of Imam (as) he should have the permission of the Mujtahid.
Issue No. 1582- It is not necessary for a person to tell a sayyid that the amount he is giving is from khums dues. In fact, he can give it to him as a gift, but should make the intention of khums. The same goes for giving the share of the Imam (as) to the deserving people with the permission of the Mujtahid.
Issue No. 1583- A deserving sayyid cannot take khums and give it back to the khums payer, except for the quantity that befits his status in the sense that if he himself had a property he would possibly give it to that person.
Issue No. 1584- If a person enters a deal with the Mujtahid or his representative about khums and it is agreed that he pays the due khums in the following year, he cannot deduct khums from the incomes of that year. For example, if he owes £200.00 as khums, and in the following year, he has £2000.00 more than the expenses of his year, he should pay khums of the £2000.00 together with £200.00.
Issue No. 1585- The reason why a portion of khums is given to sayyids is because they cannot receive zakāt. Therefore, it is not considered to be discrimination, and the reasons why the sayyids cannot receive zakāt have been stated in their respective places.
Issue No. 1588- If the owner of cows, sheep, camels, gold and silver becomes mature during the year, he is not liable to pay zakāt.
Issue No. 1591- There is no zakāt on a property that has been usurped and one is not able to make use of it. Similarly, if a crop has been usurped and when it becomes liable to zakāt, it is still in the hand of the usurper, zakāt is due from the owner, if later it is returned to its owner.
Issue No. 1592- If a person borrows gold, silver, or some other thing on which it is obligatory to pay zakāt, and it remains with him for a year, he should pay zakāt on it, and it is not obligatory on the lender to pay anything.
Issue No. 1593- Zakāt on wheat, barley, date and raisin will become obligatory when their quantity reaches the taxable limit which is about 847 kg.
Issue No. 1594- If before giving zakāt, one consumes a quantity of wheat, barley, date and raisin, or gives it away to another person, he should pay zakāt on the quantity spent by him.
Issue No. 1595- If the owner dies after zakāt has become obligatory on him, the zakāt should be paid out of his estate. However, if he dies before the payment of zakāt becomes obligatory, every one of the heirs, whose share reaches the taxable limit, should pay zakāt on his own share.
Issue No. 1596- The Mujtahid can appoint someone to collect zakāt after wheat and barley are threshed and chaff is separated from grains, and when the dates and grapes become dry, and if the owners of these things refuse to pay zakāt, which is the right of the deprived, the designated person can get it from them by force.