What is the ruling on customs duties?
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The questioner : What do you say about customs duties? Are the current customs duties...?
The Shaykh : Are there customs duties in Islam? Naturally, this is among the laws that contradict the Shari'ah.
The questioner : I mean, are they of the category of taxes (makas)? It is not permissible...
The Shaykh : It is so... regarding the prayer, look...
The questioner : Milk... the state... and people sell it, for example, for one and a half dinars, they do not sell it... the merchant buys it from them for a higher price...
The student : Even though its value is... two dinars.
The questioner: Yes.
The student : The buyer benefits.
Another student : In "Sahih Muslim".
The Shaykh : Are there customs duties in Islam? Naturally, this is among the laws that contradict the Shari'ah.
The questioner : I mean, are they of the category of taxes (makas)? It is not permissible...
The Shaykh : It is so... regarding the prayer, look...
The questioner : Milk... the state... and people sell it, for example, for one and a half dinars, they do not sell it... the merchant buys it from them for a higher price...
The student : Even though its value is... two dinars.
The questioner: Yes.
The student : The buyer benefits.
Another student : In "Sahih Muslim".
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