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Sadaqah
Charity in Islam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ṣadaqah (Arabic: صدقة [ˈsˤɑdæqɑ],* "charity", "benevolence",[1] plural ṣadaqāt صدقات [sˤɑdæˈqɑːt]) in the modern Islamic context has come to signify "voluntary charity".[2] According to the Quran, the word means a voluntary offering, whose amount is at the will of the benefactor.[3] It is similar to zakat, or compulsory giving, one of the five pillars of Islam.
"Sadaka" redirects here. For the cicada genus, see Sadaka (cicada). For charity in Judaism, see Ṣedaqah.
It is also a cognate of the Jewish concept of tzedakah, a Hebrew word that also refers to acts of voluntary giving.[4]