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**gopsbousperie** · 09-04-2012, 04:22 AM

Please read the text below. It is by an HT activist. Personally I would advise people not to join them or associate with them politically for a number of reasons, but on issues like this exact one they have a strong understanding of how to approach it Islamically in a sensible way. In general terms this article makes a great deal of sense.

Habib. This article has enlightened me greatly. I am refering to your post 17 and the extract from Abdul Kaleem's book. It answers alot of questions. There are still some important unanswered questions from my quick read of it and inshAllah I will critically read this book. However it makes it clear that there is an additional obligatory financial duty upon Muslims beyond what is Zakat and other revenue options of Bait-ul Mal to meet a concept called the obligatory expenditure of the nation. Thus Tax, albeit very different from western taxation structure, has not only been termed a valid concept in Islam, It infact has been made obligatory by this Scholar's opinions and analysis. If you read the obligatory expenditure I was thinking mainly about basic health care/education but this Habibi author, may Allah increase his welfare concerns, includes so many things - water supplies, roads, famines, disasters, mosques, payment for teachers and other things.

Saying all this I wont be surprised the communist blanket label falls upon this Scholar.

09-04-2012, 04:22 AM	#35
gopsbousperie Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	Please read the text below. It is by an HT activist. Personally I would advise people not to join them or associate with them politically for a number of reasons, but on issues like this exact one they have a strong understanding of how to approach it Islamically in a sensible way. In general terms this article makes a great deal of sense. Habib. This article has enlightened me greatly. I am refering to your post 17 and the extract from Abdul Kaleem's book. It answers alot of questions. There are still some important unanswered questions from my quick read of it and inshAllah I will critically read this book. However it makes it clear that there is an additional obligatory financial duty upon Muslims beyond what is Zakat and other revenue options of Bait-ul Mal to meet a concept called the obligatory expenditure of the nation. Thus Tax, albeit very different from western taxation structure, has not only been termed a valid concept in Islam, It infact has been made obligatory by this Scholar's opinions and analysis. If you read the obligatory expenditure I was thinking mainly about basic health care/education but this Habibi author, may Allah increase his welfare concerns, includes so many things - water supplies, roads, famines, disasters, mosques, payment for teachers and other things. Saying all this I wont be surprised the communist blanket label falls upon this Scholar.
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