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Will Zakat Still Be Obligatory Even After Paying Income Tax?

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Fatwa No :
85532
| Date :
2025-08-24
عبادات / زکوۃ و صدقات / زکوۃ و نصاب زکوۃ

Will Zakat Still Be Obligatory Even After Paying Income Tax?

I am a salaried individual paying income tax to the government, am I still obligated to pay Zakat separately according to Shariah?

الجوابُ حامِدا ًو مُصلیِّا ً

It should be understood that if a person possesses the nisab (i.e., owns 7.5 tolas of gold, 52.5 tolas of silver, or equivalent cash, trade goods, or surplus assets), merely paying taxes to the government does not fulfill the obligation of Zakat.
Therefore, if the questioner is a sahib-e-nisab (one who possesses the nisab amount), it is Islamically mandatory for him to pay Zakat separately at the rate of 2.5% on his wealth after the completion of one lunar year, even if he has already paid income tax to the government.

مأخَذُ الفَتوی

کما فی الدر المختار: وماورد من ذم العشار محمول علی الأخذ ظلما إلخ۔
وفی الرد تحت: (قولہ وماورد من ذم العشار إلخ) ثم قال: واعلم أن بعض فسقۃ التجار یظن أن مایؤخذ من المکس یحسب عنہ إذا نوی بہ الزکاۃ وھذا ضن باطل لامستند لہ فی مذھب الشافعی (إلی قولہ) ولذا قال فی البزازیۃ: إذا نوی أن یکون المکس زکوۃ فالصحیح أنہ لایقع علی الزکاۃ کذا قال الإمام السرخسی إلخ(کتاب الزکاۃ، مطلب لاتسقط الزکاۃ بالدفع إلی العاشر فی زماننا، ج: 2، ص: 310۔311، ط: سعید )۔
وفی الفقہ الاسلامی وأدلتۃ: لا تجزئ أصلاً الضريبة عن الزكاة؛ لأن الزكاة عبادة مفروضة على المسلم شكراً لله تعالى وتقرباً إليه والضريبة التزام مالی محض خال عن كل معنى للعبادة والقربة ، ولذا شرطت النية فی الزكاة ولم تشرط فی الضريبة، ولأن الزكاة حق مقدر شرعاً، بخلاف الضريبة فإنھا تخضع لتقدير السلطة،ولأن الزكاة حق ثابت دائم، والضريبة مؤقتة حسب الحاجة، ولأن مصارف الزكاة هی الأصناف الثمانية:الفقراء والمساكين المسلمون إلخ، والضريبة تصرف لتغطية النفقات العامة للدولة. وللزكاة أهداف روحية وخلقية واجتماعية إنسانية،أما الضريبة فلا يقصد بھا تحقيق شيء من تلك الأهداف۔( الباب الرابع وأنواعھا،المطلب الثانی :أحکام متفرقۃ فی توزیع الزکاۃ، ج: 2، ص: 801، ط: رشیدیۃ)۔

And Allah knows best
محمد عمر فاروق شیر عُفی عنه
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