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Brother Shah Hid from the state of Iowa emails

and he says that is it allowed to claim your charity as tax deductions in the end of the

fiscal year and if one does so then does it diminish the reward of the charity.

Wama

A rusal namin

k k k kobanahilarijalan no he

I lah ihim,

fas alu

a la dikri in kuntu. So this is a very good question and it deals with the notion of so here in America

for those who are watching from other countries here in America the IRS or the Internal

Revenue Service which is what we pay our taxes to, that it allows any

contribution to a registered charity to diminish your taxes up to a certain percentage, right?

So if you give X amount to a registered charity,

you can claim that X amount and you will get Y amount credit.

And that Y amount credit will be deducted from your taxes.

So instead of paying $1,000 in taxes, you will pay 1,000 minus why.

So it'll deduce.

So basically you pay your charity, you give some charity and you also get some

tax deduction bonus which will save you some money. So our brother is

asking that is this Halal in Islam and number two if it is halal does it diminish the reward of the charity given.

So it's a very good question and the response is as follows that let me rephrase the question

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