Zakat vs. Sadaqah

Zakatnoun

(Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam.

Zakatnoun

the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship;

Zakat

Zakat (Arabic: زكاة‎; [zaˈkaːt], , also Zakat al-mal [zaˈkaːt alˈmaːl] زكاة المال, , or Zakah) is a form of almsgiving to the Muslim Ummah treated in Islam as a religious obligation, which, by Quranic ranking, is next after prayer (salat) in importance.As one of the Five Pillars of Islam, zakat is a religious duty for all Muslims who meet the necessary criteria of wealth to help the needy. It is a mandatory charitable contribution, often considered to be a tax.

Sadaqah

Sadaqah or Sadqah (Arabic: صدقة‎, Urdu: صدقہ‎, IPA: [sˤɑdæqɐ],[n A] , , plural ṣadaqāt صدقات) in the modern context has come to signify . According to the Quran, the word means voluntary offering, whose amount is at the will of the .