Zakaat is a form of alms-giving treated as a religious tax and/or religious obligation in Islam, which, by Qur’anic ranking, immediately follows prayer (salat) in importance. Sadaqah is another related term for charity, usually construed as a discretionary counterpart to zakat.
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