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Islamic Laws: Distribution of Khums

Office of Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani

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Grand Ayatollah Sistani's own rulings dividing khums into sahm al-sadat, for poor, orphaned or stranded descendants of the Prophet through Hashim, and sahm al-imam, which during the occultation is placed at a qualified jurist's disposal.

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Publisher
Sistani.org, official site of the Office of Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani
URL
https://www.sistani.org/english/book/48/2312/
Source Type
religious body
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1
Tier 1: the same marja's own current legal rulings, hosted by his own office, specifically on how khums is divided between the two shares and who may receive each.
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