4. Halal property mixed with haram

1881. If Halal property gets mixed up in such a way that it is not possible to identify each from the other, and the owner of the Haraam property and its quantity are not known. the person concerned should pay Khums, on the entire property, and after the payment of Khums the balance will become Halal for him. And as an obligatory precaution, he must pay the Khums on behalf of owner (whether Khums or Sadaqa).

1882. If Halal property gets mixed up with Haraam property, and the person concerned knows the quantity of Haraam property, but does not know its owner, he should give away that quantity as Sadaqa on behalf of its owner, and the obligatory precaution is that he should also obtain permission from the fully competent Mujtahid.

1883. If Halal property gets mixed up with Haraam property, and the person concerned does not know the quantity of Haraam property, but knows its owner, they should come to some understanding and agreement with each other, and pay the owner a sum which would ensure that the amount due has been paid up. In fact, if the person concerned knows that it was due to his own negligence that the mix up occurred, then he should, as a precaution, pay more than what he feels might belong to the owner.

1884. If a person pays Khums on a property, which has Halal mixed with Haraam parts, and learns later that the quantity of Haraam property was more than Khums, he should give the excess as Sadaqa, on behalf of the owner of the property, as a recommendatory precaution.

1885. If a person pays Khums on a property which has been mixed up, or gives some property as Sadaqa on behalf of an unknown person, and if the owner turns up later, as an obligatory precaution, he must reimburse him his part, if he does not agree to the action taken.

1886. If a Halal property mixes up with Haraam property, and the quantity of the Haraam property is known, and the person concerned knows that the owner is one of group, but cannot identify him, then he will draw lots to determine the owner, and give the property to winner.