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 *Zakat: "that which purifies”is a form of alms-giving treated in Islam as a religious obligation or tax, which, by Quranic ranking, is next after prayer (salat) in importance. Zakat is based on income and the value of all of one's possessions. It is customarily 2.5% (or 1/40). According to Islamic doctrine, the collected amount should be paid to the poor, the needy, Zakat collectors, to free from slavery, for debt relief, in the cause of Allah and to benefit the stranded traveler.

**Sadaqah "charity", "benevolence" in the modern context has come to signify "voluntary charity". According to the Quran, the word means voluntary offering, whose amount is at the will of the "benefactor".

***Zakat al-Fitr is charity given to the poor at the end of the fasting in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The Arabic word Fitr means the same as iftar, breaking a fast, and it comes from the same root word as Futoor which means breakfast.