09-27-2004, 08:57 AM
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Hallo.. just wanted to share some information i just passed through regarding tax..
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Charging customs taxes on imports and exports is regarded as a kind of mukoos and the maks (sing. of mukoos) is haraam and working in this area is haraam, even if the authorities spend it on various projects to build the countryâs infrastructure, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade taking the maks and spoke sternly concerning it.
further can be read here...
http//63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=42563&dgn=4
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With regard to working in the customs and charging money on the goods and luggage that people bring with them, the basic principle is that it is haraam, because it involves wrongdoing and helping others in wrongdoing. It is not permissible to take the wealth of a man who is protected by shareeâah unless he gives it willingly. The texts indicate that the maks (customs tax) is emphatically forbidden. For example, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said concerning the Ghaamidi woman who committed zina and was stoned to death âShe has repented in such a way that if the one who collects the maks were to repent in this manner, he would be forgiven.â Narrated by Muslim, 1695.
The maks is a tax that is imposed on people.
---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.
Hallo.. just wanted to share some information i just passed through regarding tax..
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Charging customs taxes on imports and exports is regarded as a kind of mukoos and the maks (sing. of mukoos) is haraam and working in this area is haraam, even if the authorities spend it on various projects to build the countryâs infrastructure, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade taking the maks and spoke sternly concerning it.
further can be read here...
http//63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=42563&dgn=4
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With regard to working in the customs and charging money on the goods and luggage that people bring with them, the basic principle is that it is haraam, because it involves wrongdoing and helping others in wrongdoing. It is not permissible to take the wealth of a man who is protected by shareeâah unless he gives it willingly. The texts indicate that the maks (customs tax) is emphatically forbidden. For example, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said concerning the Ghaamidi woman who committed zina and was stoned to death âShe has repented in such a way that if the one who collects the maks were to repent in this manner, he would be forgiven.â Narrated by Muslim, 1695.
The maks is a tax that is imposed on people.
---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.
