Ṣadaqah
صدقة
Say it SA-da-qah
Charity to the poor
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṣ-d-q
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Sadaqa, Sadaka, Sadaqah
Meaning & source
Charity: what you give the poor for the sake of God (Lisān).
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والصَّدَقة: مَا أَعطيته فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ.
Who carried this name
- Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl of Marw al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 163 (vol. 10, p. 489)