I am prompted into writing this after I read that last year George Soros and his associates made US$6.1 billion. In Islam, a man can never own anything because God claims ownership of everything between "heaven and earth" including you yourself. Whatever a man "owns" for example a house, it is given to him by God on trust. A person may say, he build the house himself but he still cannot get away with it because he is using God's building material. Again he may say he buys the house, but he still cannot escape it as his income is provided by God. God is the sustainer, the provider and He provides us air, water, food and other material things. Clever as he is man in incapable of creating a grain of rice or a drop of water. If it is not for the air God provides, man dies in ten minutes.
Man is encouraged to share whatever he owns. "Perform thy prayer and pay thy tithe" is the oft repeated verse in the Koran and it is also mentioned in the original Bible of the Dead Sea Scroll. Income Tax is in the Koran. It is mandatory. It is supposed "to cleanse" your wealth because the poor has a right over a portion of your wealth. The Koran lists down people who are entitled to the portion. If you chose to keep the portion for the poor, your wealth is considered "unclean" and it will not be blessed.
Man is encouraged to share whatever he owns. "Perform thy prayer and pay thy tithe" is the oft repeated verse in the Koran and it is also mentioned in the original Bible of the Dead Sea Scroll. Income Tax is in the Koran. It is mandatory. It is supposed "to cleanse" your wealth because the poor has a right over a portion of your wealth. The Koran lists down people who are entitled to the portion. If you chose to keep the portion for the poor, your wealth is considered "unclean" and it will not be blessed.
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