Deducting taxes from zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to consider the taxes that some Muslims pay in their countries as part of their zakah?
Answer:
No, meaning it has been taken from you by force; would you make that zakah? That is not acceptable. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to consider the taxes that some Muslims pay in their countries as part of their zakah?
Answer:
No, meaning it has been taken from you by force; would you make that zakah? That is not acceptable. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الكف عن ذكر مساوئ الأموات — islamhouse.com (58:50)
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