Can one give interest as taxes to government?
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Dear Brother i am working for company . can i give interest money
to the government in taxes.i am living in florida usa.
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Answer:
Can
one give interest as taxes to government?
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah and
His Messenger (saws) have indeed declared the receiving and paying of ‘riba’
Haraam in very strong terms, and it is
the prescribed duty of every believer,
who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day, to abstain from ‘riba’.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 278:O
Believers!, fear Allah and give up that
‘riba’ which is still due to you, if
you are true believers. But if you do
not do so, then you are warned of the declaration of war against you
by Allah and His Messenger!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisa verse 161:That
they took ‘riba’, although they were
forbidden. And that they devoured men’s
substance wrongfully. We have prepared
for those among them who reject faith a grievous punishment (of Hell Fire)!
It would
not be permissible for a believer, who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last
Day, to receive any sort of interest income, nor would it be permissible to use
this ‘haraam’ income in any way to pay his debts or taxes to the government,
etc.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan