Is tax the same as Zakat, or do they differ?
Zakat is a right enjoined by Allah Almighty upon wealth. Taxes, however, are not mandated by Islamic law; rather, the original ruling regarding them is prohibition, and they are not permissible to be taken except according to specific regulations.
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