09-27-2004, 07:48 PM
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could you please elaborate MAKS? i will be obliged if you could refer Quranic verses whereever possible.
kind regards
azeem
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The maks is a tax that is imposed on people.
The one who collects it is called maakis or makkaas or âashshaar, because he takes one-tenth (al-âushr) of the peopleâs wealth. The scholars have described several forms of the maks, for example
- It was something done by the people of the Jaahiliyyah, and it was money that were taken from vendors in the marketplaces.
- It was money that the zakaah-collector would keep for himself after collecting the zakaah
- It was money that was taken from merchants when they passed through, calculated on the basis of loads of goods, heads of livestock, etc. This is the most similar to modern-day customs.
These three kinds of maks were mentioned in âAwn al-Maâbood, where the author says
In the dictionary, maks means loss and wrongdoing, and money that was taken from vendors in the marketplace during the Jaahiliyyah. Or it is money taken by the zakaah-collector after he has finished collecting zakaah.
It says in al-Nihaayah It is a tax that was collected by the maakis, who is the âashshaar.
In Sharh al-Sunnah it says What is meant by the one who collects the maks is the one who takes it from the merchants when they pass through.
Al-Shawkaani said in Nayl al-Awtaar
The one who collects the maks is the one who is in charge of the taxes that he collects from the people unlawfully.
The maks is haraam according to scholarly consensus, and some of the scholars have stated that it is a major sin.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said This shows that the maks is one of the most heinous of the sins that doom a person to Hell, because it is repeatedly demanded and the one who does that wrongs too many people and takes their wealth unlawfully and spends it unlawfully.
Ahmad (17333) and Abu Dawood (2937) narrated that âUqbah ibn âAamir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said <b>I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say âNo one who collects the maks will enter Paradise.â</b>
All of those who are involved in collecting the maks â those who write it down, those who witness it, those who weigh and measure it, etc â are among the greatest helpers of the oppressors, indeed they are themselves oppressors, for they take that to which they are not entitled and give it to those who are not entitled to it. Hence the collector of the maks will not enter Paradise, because his flesh is nourished on haraam things.
Moreover, they have been appointed for the purpose of wronging the people. From where will the collector of the maks give back to the people what he took from them? They will take from his good deeds, if he has any, and he is included in the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), as narrated in the saheeh hadeeth, <i>âDo you know who is the one who is bankrupt?â</i> They said <i>âO Messenger of Allaah, among us the one who is bankrupt is the one who has no money or goods.â</i> He said <i>âThe one who is bankrupt among my ummah is the one who will come on the Day of Resurrection with prayer, zakaah and fasting (to his credit), but he slandered this one and beat that one, and took the wealth of this one. So they will all come and take from his good deeds, and if his good deeds run out before he has paid back all that he owes, some of their bad deeds will be taken and cast upon him, then he will be thrown into Hell.â </i>
Shareeâah may be summed up in the words (interpretation of the meaning) <i>âSo keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you canâ [al-Taghaabun 6416] </i>
And Allaah knows best.
could you please elaborate MAKS? i will be obliged if you could refer Quranic verses whereever possible.
kind regards
azeem
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The maks is a tax that is imposed on people.
The one who collects it is called maakis or makkaas or âashshaar, because he takes one-tenth (al-âushr) of the peopleâs wealth. The scholars have described several forms of the maks, for example
- It was something done by the people of the Jaahiliyyah, and it was money that were taken from vendors in the marketplaces.
- It was money that the zakaah-collector would keep for himself after collecting the zakaah
- It was money that was taken from merchants when they passed through, calculated on the basis of loads of goods, heads of livestock, etc. This is the most similar to modern-day customs.
These three kinds of maks were mentioned in âAwn al-Maâbood, where the author says
In the dictionary, maks means loss and wrongdoing, and money that was taken from vendors in the marketplace during the Jaahiliyyah. Or it is money taken by the zakaah-collector after he has finished collecting zakaah.
It says in al-Nihaayah It is a tax that was collected by the maakis, who is the âashshaar.
In Sharh al-Sunnah it says What is meant by the one who collects the maks is the one who takes it from the merchants when they pass through.
Al-Shawkaani said in Nayl al-Awtaar
The one who collects the maks is the one who is in charge of the taxes that he collects from the people unlawfully.
The maks is haraam according to scholarly consensus, and some of the scholars have stated that it is a major sin.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said This shows that the maks is one of the most heinous of the sins that doom a person to Hell, because it is repeatedly demanded and the one who does that wrongs too many people and takes their wealth unlawfully and spends it unlawfully.
Ahmad (17333) and Abu Dawood (2937) narrated that âUqbah ibn âAamir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said <b>I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say âNo one who collects the maks will enter Paradise.â</b>
All of those who are involved in collecting the maks â those who write it down, those who witness it, those who weigh and measure it, etc â are among the greatest helpers of the oppressors, indeed they are themselves oppressors, for they take that to which they are not entitled and give it to those who are not entitled to it. Hence the collector of the maks will not enter Paradise, because his flesh is nourished on haraam things.
Moreover, they have been appointed for the purpose of wronging the people. From where will the collector of the maks give back to the people what he took from them? They will take from his good deeds, if he has any, and he is included in the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), as narrated in the saheeh hadeeth, <i>âDo you know who is the one who is bankrupt?â</i> They said <i>âO Messenger of Allaah, among us the one who is bankrupt is the one who has no money or goods.â</i> He said <i>âThe one who is bankrupt among my ummah is the one who will come on the Day of Resurrection with prayer, zakaah and fasting (to his credit), but he slandered this one and beat that one, and took the wealth of this one. So they will all come and take from his good deeds, and if his good deeds run out before he has paid back all that he owes, some of their bad deeds will be taken and cast upon him, then he will be thrown into Hell.â </i>
Shareeâah may be summed up in the words (interpretation of the meaning) <i>âSo keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you canâ [al-Taghaabun 6416] </i>
And Allaah knows best.
