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| | Khums |
 | | No Khums is payable on what one spends from his profit during the year on food, dress, furniture, purchase of house, marriage of son, dowry of daughter, Ziyarat etc., provided that it is not beyond his status, and he has not been extravagant. |
 | | Khums on fish and other animals which are caught by a man without diving is obligatory, if his income from this source alone, or combined with other profits made by him, exceeds his expenses for one year. |
 | | Khums should not be given to a Sayyid if he is a transgressor, and Khums given to him encourages him further to commit the sins. |
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