Are the taxes imposed on tobacco permissible in Islamic law, and does stating their impermissibility entail the impermissibility of the salaries of state employees, and what is the ruling on prohibiting the sale of tobacco?

Money earned from the trade of tobacco is unlawful (haram) and must be disposed of through charitable deeds (wajuh al-birr) or given to the poor. Taxes are a wrongful seizure of wealth unless they are for meeting the needs and interests of the Muslim community (ummah). This ruling applies to taxes on lawful goods. As for forbidden commodities, a Muslim state must prohibit their trade, and accepting taxes on them means condoning their trade. Unlawful money that has been collected should not be returned to its owners; rather, it should be spent on charitable causes or given to the poor. The state's acceptance of these funds does not render working for it unlawful, because the money in its treasury is mixed. A lack of economic resources does not justify accepting reprehensible acts (munkarat) or trading in forbidden items. In matters of Islamic governance (siyasah shar'iyyah), one should refer to well-grounded scholars who combine an understanding of Islamic law (fiqh al-shar') with knowledge of contemporary realities.