Sadaka

Ṣadaqah (Arabic: صدقة [ˈsˤɑdæqɑ],* "charity", "benevolence", plural ṣadaqāt صدقات [sˤɑdæˈqɑːt]) in the modern Islamic context has come to signify "voluntary charity". According to the Quran, the word means a voluntary offering, whose amount is at the will of the benefactor. It is similar to zakat, or compulsory giving, one of the five pillars of Islam. It is also a cognate of the Jewish concept of tzedakah, a Hebrew word that also refers to acts of voluntary giving.