Imam's Share
Imām's Share or Sahm al-Imām (Arabic: سَهْم الإمام) is a portion of khums belonging to God, the Prophet (s) and the Imam (a)[1][2]
Shiite jurists take three (God, the Prophet (s), and his close relatives) out of the six cases of the consumption of the khums to the Imam (a), referring to it as Imam's share.[3] The Imam's share is also referred to as God's share, the Prophet's share, and relatives' share.[4]
During the Occultation of the Imam (a), the Imam's share is received by Shiite authorities and is spent for the propagation and reinforcement of Islam.[5] Some Shiite jurists believe that Imam's share during the Occultation should be spent in cases where the marja' thinks or knows that the Imam (a) would spend were he present, such as Islamic seminaries, construction of mosques, libraries, schools, and helping people in need.[6] However, there are other views about Imam's share during the Occultation as well, such as the cancellation of its obligation, the permissibility of spending it for the Shi'as, paying it directly to sayyids in need, paying it as charity, burying it, putting it aside until the Imam (a) reappears. After citing all these views, Ayatollah Makarim comments that the view of the majority of recent and contemporary scholars is that the marja' should spend it in cases where he thinks the Imam (a) is pleased to be spent.[7]
See Also
Notes
- ↑ According to hadiths, "Dhawi l-Qurba" in the Verse of Khums refers to Shiite Imams (a).
- ↑ Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, vol. 9, p. 509-520.
- ↑ Sayyid Murtaḍā, Rasāʾil, vol. 1, p. 226.
- ↑ Najafī, Jawāhir al-kalām, vol. 16, p. 84; Ibn Barrāj, al-Muhadhdhab, vol. 1, p. 180.
- ↑ Makarim Shīrāzī, Anwār al-fiqāha, p. 483.
- ↑ Makarim Shīrāzī, Anwār al-fiqāha, p. 483.
- ↑ Makarim Shīrāzī, Anwār al-fiqāha, p. 480-483.
References
- Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa. Qom: Muʾassisat Āl al-Bayt, 1409 AH.
- Ibn Barrāj al-Ṭirāblusī. Al-Muhadhdhab. Qom: Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1406 AH.
- Makarim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir. Anwār al-fiqāha kitāb al-khums wa l-anfāl. Qom: Madrisat al-Imām ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, 1416 AH.
- Najafī, Muḥammad Ḥasan al-. Jawāhir al-kalām. Edited by ʿAbbās Qūchānī & ʿAlī Ākhūndī. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1404 AH.
- Sayyid Murtaḍā al-ʿĀmilī, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn. Rasāʾil. Edited by Mahdī Rajāʾī. Qom: Dār al-Qurʾān al-Karīm, 1405 AH.