Hasan Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by Kilab bin Umayyah, who was sitting at the seat of the tax collector in Basra. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: O Kilab, why are you sitting here? He replied: Ziyad has appointed me as the official (tax collector) over this area. He (Uthman) said: Shall I narrate to you a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Why not, please do narrate. He (Uthman) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The Prophet of Allah, Dawud (peace be upon him), had set aside a time during the night, in which he would also wake up his family and say: O family of Dawud! Get up and pray, for this is the hour in which Allah accepts supplications, except for two kinds of people: a magician and a tax collector. As soon as Kilab bin Umayyah heard this hadith, he boarded a boat and went to Ziyad, apologized for this job, and Ziyad accepted his apology.

It is narrated from Abu al-Khair that the governor of Egypt, Muslima bin Makhlad, presented this request before Sayyiduna Rufa’ bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he appoint him as the collector of taxes. But he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say that the one who collects taxes is from the people of Hell.

Harb bin Hilal narrates that a man from Banu Taghlib reports from Sayyiduna Abu Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no tax upon Muslims; taxes are collected from the Jews and Christians."

(Second chain of narration) Harb bin Ubaidullah Thaqafi narrates from his maternal uncle, who says: I came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned some matters before him. After that, I said: Should I collect tax? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Tax is imposed on the Jews and Christians; there is no tax upon the people of Islam.

(Third chain) Bakr bin Wa'il narrates from his maternal uncle, who says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Should I collect tax from my people?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tax is imposed only on Jews and Christians; there is no tax upon the people of Islam."

Narrated by Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The tax collector will not enter Paradise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Malik bin ‘Atahiya (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you meet the tax collector, kill him. (According to one of the narrators mentioned in the chain) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant the person who collects this without any right.

Sayyiduna Saeed bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O people of Arabia! Praise that Allah who has removed taxes from you.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Miqdad bin Ma’dikarib (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: O Qadeem! You will be successful, provided that you do not become a leader, nor a collector of wealth, nor a chief.