Sadaqah

This is a general term for all charities besides the Farz, Zakah. All acts of worship through financial expenditure are, by broader definition, classified as Sadaqah. Due to there being many types, they have been divided into the following two categories, both of which have separate rulings:

Sadaqah Wajibah:

This is Charity that is binding in nature. This includes Sadaqah al-Fitr, etc. This form of Sadaqah is similar to Zakah in that it must be spent on the same categories as defined by the Qur’an, except that it is not a condition for the beneficiary to be Muslim.

This following are type of Sadaqah Wajibah:

  1. Sadaqah al-Fitr
  2. Nadhr
  3.  Fidiyah
  4. Kaffarah
  5. Udhiyyah, Dam and Badanah

Sadaqah al-Fitr

Nadhr

 Fidiyah

Kaffarah

Udhiyyah, Dam and Badanah

Sadaqah Nafilah:

This is Charity that is not binding in nature but is optional. This type includes alms given for the removal of difficulties, philanthropic (to give out of mercy to the less fortunate), the general giving of any Halal item to anyone, etc. This type does not need to be spent on the specified categories to be rewarding, nor does it have to be spent on Muslims, although if spent on poor Muslims, it would be more rewarding. This can also be bequeathed in one’s Will (in which case it would be only up to a third of the deceased person’s entire estate).

The following are types of Sadaqah Nafilah:

  1. Lillah
  2.  Waqf
  3. Aqeeqah
  4. Sadaqah for the upliftment of difficulties
  5. Sadaqah for the expiation of sins
  6. Charity above the amount of Zakah and Sadaqah Wajibah

Lillah

 Waqf

Aqeeqah

Sadaqah for the upliftment of difficulties

Sadaqah for the expiation of sins

Charity above the amount of Zakah and Sadaqah Wajibah

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