The Semantics of Booty in the Verse of Khums from the Perspective of Islamic Denominations

Khums is among the consequential and practical issues that has long led jurists to explore it. The major unresolved dispute in Fariqain’s jurisprudence is the perception of the sentence, “the booty that you may acquire”. The knowledge of jurisprudence and the interpretation of the Qur’an, has established a solid relationship with semantics for the purpose of grasping the semantics of the Qur’anic terminology, for the accurate comprehension of the meanings of the Qur’anic terms has a direct effect on understanding decrees. The topic of the present research is the semantics of booty in the verse of Khums from the perspective of Islamic denominations. This article, using the descriptiveanalytical method, collecting information from jurisprudential and narrative sources by library technique and referring to Fariqain’s words, has investigated the meaning of the word booty in the verse. By criticizing Sunni arguments on the restriction of Khums to war spoils, it is inferred that booty in this verse is used in the general sense, that is, any sort of profit. In Sunni sources, in addition to war spoils, Rekaz (mineral resources), property hidden in the ground, and treasures are also introduced as instances of booty. Therefore, the restriction of the concept of “booty” to war spoils disappears.