zakat
IPA: zʌkɑt
noun
- (Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam, in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes.
Examples of "zakat" in Sentences
- They in turn had to pay a zakat tax.
- The infidels pay both jizya and zakat.
- Jizya has nothing to do with Zakat at all.
- This category is for articles relating to zakat.
- Zakat almsgiving became the tax paid to the state.
- Jizya is in contrast to Zakat, and that has to be mentioned.
- Charitable giving, or zakat, is one of the five pillars of Islam.
- In the case of the Muslims the rate was the same as that of Zakat.
- Exempt from Zakat are a person's house and personal transportation.
- The same kind of differences also exist about the disbursement of zakat.