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Is the term zakah applied to sadaqah?

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The questioner : Is the term sadaqah applied to zakah?

The Shaykh : Zakah is called sadaqah. Allah the Exalted said:
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor إنما الصدقات للفقراء
[At-Tawbah 9:60]
And at the end of it, He said:
[These shares are] an obligation [imposed] by Allah فريضة من الله
[An-Nisa 4:11]
So sadaqah is a comprehensive term for both zakah and voluntary charity.
Source alathar.net

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