Chapter on Khums and Spoils of War (Ghanaim)

And from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, from Abdullah ibn al-Qasim al-Hadrami, from Abdullah ibn Sinan: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: “Upon every person who gains or earns is the fifth (khums) from what he acquires, for Sayyidah Fatimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, peace be upon her, and for whoever undertakes her affair after Her صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم from Her صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم progeny, the proofs over the people (Ahlul Bayt عليه السلام). That (khums) is especially for them; they place it wherever they wish, for charity has been forbidden to them (Ahlul Bayt عليه السلام). Even the tailor who sews a shirt for five daniqs (dawaniq), then for us (Ahlul Bayt عليه السلام) from it is one daniq, except for those among our Shia for whom we have made it lawful, so that their birth may be pure through it (receiving khums). Indeed, there is nothing greater with Allah سبحانه وتعالى on the Day of Resurrection than fornication. Indeed, the possessor of the fifth (khums) will stand and say: ‘O Lord عز وجل, ask these people about what was made permissible for them.’”