If someone(Muslim) lives in USA or Europe, he usually has to pay taxes(let's say 30% of his income). will that tax be considered as zakaat (and khums if shia) by his religion??
**tax is to help the government build the country and help the poor ,it's the same thing with zakaat and Khums, right??**
2007-03-14 12:28:18 · 6 answers · asked by Mikael 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Zakah and Tax
Paying the tax levied by the state does not suffice for paying Zakah due to the different nature of Zakah and taxes as regards the source and aim of levying, the wealth upon which each of them is due, the due payment amount, and the channels.
Tax amounts are not to be deducted from the due amounts of Zakah. Rather, the already paid taxes can be deducted from the wealth upon which Zakah is due.
Taxes levied by the state to be paid before the time of Zakah payment are to be deducted from the wealth upon which Zakah is due, even if it was not yet paid.
To make it easy for those who pay Zakah, current taxation laws should be adjusted to allow deducting the value of the Zakah amounts from the tax amounts on condition that authentic legal proofs be submitted.
A tax for social solidarity that matches Zakah amounts should be levied upon all non-Muslim citizens under a Muslim state. Such taxes would serve as revenues to achieve social solidarity among all citizens living under Muslim rule.
2007-03-14 13:34:41 · answer #1 · answered by huda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think sooo
as zakaat as i think is to poor MUSLIMS only you can give any poor the money but i don't think it's the zakat
as i said I only think but I don't know :)
U can also see
http://www.islam.tc/alhilaal/site/zakat.html
2007-03-14 12:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by *Muslimah* 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no,zakaat only given to poor MUSLIMS,muslims only.it's not for public development like in tax
2007-03-14 12:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Zakat is only for orpahned Muslim children or poor Muslims. It's 2.5% of our wealth and is given at the end of Ramadan.
2007-03-14 13:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Zakat is for helping poor people and one has to pay that on the money saved and assets.
2007-03-14 12:41:56 · answer #5 · answered by A fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to get a fatwa, which is a declaration by a scholar about what to do.
But I am almost sure that whatever taxes he pays can’t be included as part of his Zakat.
God bless
2007-03-14 12:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by Temsah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋