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Khums (The One-Fifth Levy)

A one-fifth tax; in Twelver Shīʿism a broad annual levy on surplus income divided between the share of the Imām and the descendants of the Prophet.

A one-fifth tax; in Twelver Shīʿism a broad annual levy on surplus income divided between the share of the Imām and the descendants of the Prophet.

Key passages(7)

Muntaha Matlab · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Ahkam Sultaniyya · al-Mawardi

High

Sira Nabawiyya · Ibn Hisham

High

Macrifat Sunan Wa Athar · al-Bayhaqi

High

Sunan Saghir · al-Bayhaqi

High

Man La Yahduruhu Faqih · Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)

High

Musannaf · Ibn Abi Shayba

High