What is the ruling on the salaries and bonuses received by an employee working in the Income and Sales Tax Department, taking into consideration the hadiths mentioned about "sahib al-maks" (the tax collector)?
Working in the tax department varies in its ruling depending on the ruling of taxes themselves. If the state collects them out of its need to spend them on public interests, then they are permissible, working in it is allowed, and the earnings of the worker in it are lawful. However, if taxes are taken unjustly or spent improperly, then they are impermissible, and working in it is impermissible, except for one who works with the intention of alleviating injustice and reducing evil. To know the ruling on taxes in a specific country, one should refer to the scholars of that country.
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