Income tax and discounts from merchants
Question
Is paying Income tax Halal or Haraam?
Is it permissable to get offer from merchants? for eg : 10% discount, Buy 1 get 1 free etc?
Answer
When you are a subject of a country then you are under duress to conform. So you are not wilfully paying the tax, rather it is because of compulsion, Hence, you will not be sinful insha-Allah.
It is permissible.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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