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zakat

/zuh-kaht/US // zəˈkɑt //UK // (zaˈkat) //

天课,扎卡特,斋戒,斋戒费

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Islam.

    • : a tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the Pillars of Islam.

Examples

  • That's why I'm committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat.

  • The principal taxes were the tithe on the produce of the land, called "ushr" and the zakat (fortieth), on merchandise and cattle.

  • The second, called the Zakat, was a customs due levied on all merchandise entering Kashgar.