English

Alternative forms

• zakah
• zakaah
• zakāh
• zikat/Zikat
• Zikât

Noun

zakat ‎(uncountable)

1. (Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam.
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 27:

     Amongst these stations is the well-known place called Qatya, where zakat is collected from the merchants, their goods are examined and their baggage most rigorously searched.