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Question ID: 53066Country: India

Title: Zakah and Income Tax

Question: I have an income of Rs. 35000/- per month as a govt employee. I used to pay Rs. 600/- per month as income tax. Will this amount be counted as zakah or not?

Answer ID: 53066Posted on: Aug 31, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 892/892/M=07/1435) Income Tax is deducted by a government; it has nothing to do with Islamic zakah. You cannot count the amount which you pay in income tax as zakah. If you own wealth liable for zakah, then you will have to pay zakah separately. Zakah is the right of the poor and needy ones.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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Title: Zakah and Income Tax

Question: I have an income of Rs. 35000/- per month as a govt employee. I used to pay Rs. 600/- per month as income tax. Will this amount be counted as zakah or not?

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