zakat
/zuh-kaht/US // zəˈkɑt //UK // (zaˈkat) //
天课,扎卡特,斋戒,斋戒费
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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