Question

This type of tax requires us to pay 1/5th of the wealth to some important causes. This kind of tax is treated differently in Shia and Sunni Islam. The tax is paid to the Sultan who represents the particular state of Islam.

Answer 1

Hint:
This type of tax requires us to pay 1/5th of the wealth to some important causes. This kind of tax is treated differently in Shia and Sunni Islam. The tax is paid to the Sultan who represents the particular state of Islam.


Complete solution:
The khums tax includes booty, objects made out of the sea, treasure, mineral resources, or land. The 20% of the Khums tax is paid on all the items that are sized from war. This kind of tax is different from the other tax such as Zakar and Jizya. The seized items included wealth and property acquired after the war. After paying the 20% of the tax, the 80 % left amount was given to the soldiers and army commanders.

The Quran states that the payment of “Khums” tax should be done to Allah or god, messengers of Allah, the relatives of the messenger who the Shia knows as Imam, orphans, needy, and stranded travellers.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Additional Information – It is said that the “ Khums” types of tax were introduced by Abdul Muttalib. The first khum tax was given from a buried treasure and not from the spoils of war. This practice of khum continued in Islam when it was revealed in the Quran.

Note:
The jizya tax was introduced by Ahmad Shah. He was a ruler of Gujarat. The tax was introduced in 1414. It was a basic tax revenue of the early Islamic state. Kharaj is also a type of Islamic tax on agricultural land.