Is it permissible for me not to pay the tax?

The questioner : Regarding the tax.

The Shaykh : Yes, regarding the tax.

The questioner : Regarding the tax.

The Shaykh : What about the tax?

The questioner : ... the tax.

The Shaykh : What is the matter with it? What is the question? Tax is tax. Is it permissible? Is it forbidden? Is it, for example, permissible to pay zakah in place of the tax? What is your question?

The questioner : My question is: Is it permissible not to pay the tax?

The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, and can you not pay the tax?!

The questioner : No, I want to know from a Sharia perspective, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, from a Sharia perspective.

The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.

The questioner: Amen, O Lord.

The Shaykh : Can you not pay the tax? Go, my brother.

The questioner : Perhaps there is an un-Sharia way, O Shaykh, in an un-Sharia way.

The Shaykh : The answer is in your question.
The student : I asked him, O Shaykh. No, I asked him, O Shaykh.