Grand Ayatollah Sistani's own rulings on khums owed on surplus income from earnings and gains after living and business expenses, including the ruling that property on which khums is due may not be freely used until it is paid.
Facts
Citation
PublisherSistani.org, official site of the Office of Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani
URLhttps://www.sistani.org/english/book/48/2306/
Source Typereligious body
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: a living marja's own current legal rulings, hosted by his own office, on the obligation and rate; the site itself defines khums as "one-fifth," the source for the 20 percent figure. Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Denominations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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