Fatwas and legal rulings
Taxes are an obligation that must be fulfilled, and it is permissible to pay them from bank profits, and these profits are not forbidden, and according to the doctrine of those who see them as forbidden, it is permissible to deal with them in non-Muslim countries according to the opinion of the Hanafi masters. the details .... French taxes on residents of France are a civil right on those who have entered France; Because entering France and staying in it is only after obtaining a visa or residence, and this includes a pledge to abide by its system, and just as the French state undertakes to take care of its citizens and visitors, so also citizens and visitors from Muslims and others must abide by their vows towards the state even if it is not Muslim, and the state here It does not mean people as much as it means public order and public money, and the Muslim is bound by the local and international covenants he is bound by as long as it does not contradict the Shari’a. It is safety and peace wherever he goes and travels. Therefore, paying taxes in this case is a pledge that the Muslim undertakes as soon as he enters France or by being one of the The people of the country who agreed to it and were subject to the public order in it, so he is obligated to pay it according to Sharia, and he has no right to evade it, and the money of non-Muslims is not all permissible for the Muslim to seize as he wants, but rather the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him and his family, ordered Ali bin Abi Talib, may God honor him, to remain In Makkah, after his migration, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, to Medina to return the trusts to its people, even though they were infidels, and they had driven him out of his country unjustly and in aggression, and even sought to kill him and his followers, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family As for the benefits, the fatwa is that they are not forbidden, and even according to the doctrine of those who consider them forbidden, it is permissible for a Muslim to benefit from them in the lands of non-Muslims. According to the sayings of the Hanafis, it is permissible to deal with corrupt contracts in the lands of non-Muslims. Based on that and in the context of the question: there is no objection to paying French taxes from bank profits, and that is not forbidden to be paid in forbidden, rather it is permissible to pay in lawful. only God knows.