zakathttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zakat_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezakat, n.
Revised 2023

zakatnoun

Islam.
  1. 1668–
    An obligatory payment of a certain proportion of personal wealth to charitable or religious causes, made annually by every adult Muslim of sufficient means. Also: the act or duty of giving this charitable contribution.
    Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam (see five pillars n.)
    1. 1668
      To perform faithfully the Zekat, or giving of Alms according to the proportion prescribed in a certain Book.
      P. Rycaut, Present State of Ottoman Empire (new edition) ii. i. 98
    2. 1802
      [Turkey.] This revenue is partly derived from..the zecchat.
      J. Pinkerton, Modern Geography vol. I. 452
    3. 1875
      The zakát is a Mahommedan tax... It is one part in forty of all live-stock, and of merchandise entering the country.
      D. H. Bellew & E. F. Chapman in T. D. Forsyth, Report of Mission to Yarkund ii. 103
    4. 1957
      In Mauretania those who are not liable to zakkat pay the personal tax and in addition a capitation fee on every animal.
      W. M. Hailey, African Survey (revised edition) x. 671
    5. 1979
      According to Shi-ism zakat has to be an individual act of conscience and can never be levied compulsorily by the State.
      Observer 4 March 12/3
    6. 2003
      Just do zakat, give the money to someone in need, okay?
      K. Hosseini, Kite Runner (2004) xiii. 159
    7. 2016
      Alongside collecting donations and creating community projects, the National Zakat Foundation aims to raise awareness about the ethos and importance of zakat.
      S. Janmohamed, Generation M vii. 133

zakat, n. was revised in December 2023.