Peace be upon you. My five-year religious obligation will be due four months before my son's birth. Should I pay Khums on the items I purchased before my five-year obligation?
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Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings.
Ayatollah Khamenei (may God protect him):
If you purchased them with the profits from your earnings for future use and they were not needed in the year of purchase, then Khums is due on their fair value at the end of the year, unless they are items that must be gradually purchased and saved for a day of need due to the inability to buy them all at once when needed, and they are within your customary means. In this case, they are considered part of your necessities and no Khums is due on them.
Source: Answers to Religious Inquiries, Q918
Ayatollah Sistani (may God protect him):
It is not obligatory if you used them during the year, but if they were not used, then Khums is due on them.
Source: Official Website.
May you be successful in all good.