The Khums Obligation for One Who Has Finished Their Employment Contract

Question

A person asks about their obligation to pay khums after receiving temporary work earnings and spending them before the new year.

Answer 1

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Ayatollah al-Uzma Sayyid Sistani (may God protect him):

If you do not have a profession that you engage in for your livelihood, such as living on gifts and assistance, you may consider each benefit you receive as having its own independent year, and you are not required to pay khums on the profit in this case unless a year has passed.

Source: Official Website

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Ayatollah al-Uzma Sayyid Khamenei (may God protect him):

If what you currently possess is not from your work profits, as you are no longer working, but rather it consists of gifts and similar items, then there is no khums due on it even if a year has passed.

Source: Answers to Inquiries, Khums, Gifts, Bank Rewards, Dowry, Inheritance, Q 853 + 859

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