To the Great Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini- may Allah bless the Muslim with his long life,
Regarding the things which have been personally needed and exempted from the khums ruling on profits, but are presently not needed in `Urwah «1» Question 67 in Book of Khums, it has become precautionarily obligatory. At the margin, you have thus written:
"The stronger reasoning is on its being not obligatory when there is no need for it after the income year and this also applies to jewelries." In Tahrir al-Wasilah, Question 16 corresponding to the `Urwah, you have written as precautionarily obligatory.
At present to which does your blessed opinion conform on this issue? Likewise, in the middle of the year a person has acquired surplus of the annual consumption and after the end of the year, he has sold the surplus of the annual consumption in order to procure another annual consumption later.
After the conversion of the items for consumption into money, is it necessary to pay its khums or not? After the end of the year, is it obligatory to pay khums for the second amount of money?
Sayyid Mousa Shabiri Zanjani]
In His Most Exalted Name
Rajab 26,1407 AH
In both cases and similar ones, after
At present, my opinion is as cited and it is not a precautionary question. I pray for your success and confirmation and am in need of your prayer. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini