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The word zakah (meaning the obligatory zakah) occurs 30 times in the Quran—27 times linked with prayer, three times not so-linked. [Quran 41:7] The word sadaqah (non-obligatory charity) and its plural (sadaqat) occur 13 times in the Qur'an. [9] " Sadaqat" is used in the Quran to cover all kinds of charity.
In Islam, continuous charity or ongoing charity (Arabic: صدقة جارية, romanized: Sadaqah Jariyah) refers to any act that continues to benefit humanity even after the death of its initiator. [1] Whoever leaves a beneficial legacy for humanity is deemed to continue to be rewarded for it even after their death. [1] [2]
The number 4 is a very important number in Islam with many significations: Eid-al-Adha lasts for four days from the 10th to the 14th of Dhul Hijja; there were four Caliphs; there were four Archangels; there are four months in which war is not permitted in Islam; when a woman's husband dies she is to wait for four months and ten days; the Rub el ...
The four colors also derived their potency from a verse by 14th century Arab poet Safi al-Din al-Hilli: "White are our acts, black our battles, green our fields, and red our swords." [10] Pan-Arab colors, used individually in the past, were first combined in 1916 in the flag of the Arab Revolt or Flag of Hejaz. [11]
The Third Pillar of Islam is Zakāt, or alms giving or charity. [17] Zakat means purification which indicates that a payment makes the rest of one's wealth legally and religiously pure. [17] By following this pillar, Muslims have to deduct certain amount of their wealth to support the Islamic community — usually about 2.5% of their wealth.
Shia Muslim flags usually include the color green in them, which is a symbol of Islam, and also a symbol of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Shia Muslims flags are red, white and green; common symbols include the Lion and Sun, the Zulfiqar and the Shahada.
Green flags were adopted by Shi'ites in the early Islamic period, [8] although the most common Shi'a color was white, in symbolic opposition to Abbasid black. [9] [10] Thus in 817, when the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun adopted the Alid Ali al-Ridha as his heir-apparent, he also changed the dynastic color from black to green.
An Islamic flag is the flag representing an Islamic caliphate, religious order, state, civil society, military force or other entity associated with Islam. Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription on aniconism , making particular colours, inscriptions or symbols such as crescent-and-star popular choices.