Q:
- Is paying Income tax Halal or Haraam?
- Is it permissible to get offer from merchants? for eg : 10% discount, Buy 1 get 1 free etc?
A:
- 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)