Zakat - question 2

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@Maverick_27

i think u cant count those taxes as zakat …

coz zakat have many conditions that are not supposed to be in a govt tax collection system.

like zakat can only be paid to the person as mentioned in quran. further zakat cant be paid to non muslim.

so which persons are mentioned in quran? If it isnt orphans, widows, poor and other needy, who are then eligible to receive zakat? And why cannot it be paid to non-muslim? A needy person is a needy person irrespective of religion

beside the major difference is that taxes are primarily paid by the citizens to the govt in response to the services they receive in individually or collectively. however zakat is a tenent of islam and is only paid to the poor.

as a matter of fact, the services (such as infrastructure, protection, law etc) we receive from the government are put under a different tax and that amount to 20-25% of our income. The 6% I mentioned above is specifically and solely for the purpose of helping the needy/poor.