Workers clean the exterior of the Museum of the Future in Dubai's financial district. AFP
Workers clean the exterior of the Museum of the Future in Dubai's financial district. AFP
An aerial view shows migrating cranes (grus grus) flying over the Lebanese city of Aley on Mount Lebanon, southeast of the capital Beirut. AFP
An aerial view shows migrating cranes (grus grus) flying over the Lebanese city of Aley on Mount Lebanon, southeast of the capital Beirut. AFP
Activists and supporters of the Islami Andolon Bangladesh, a Islamist political party, hold a protest march calling for the boycott of French products in Dhaka. AFP
Activists and supporters of the Islami Andolon Bangladesh, a Islamist political party, hold a protest march calling for the boycott of French products in Dhaka. AFP
Herman Termeer, 54, stands on the roof of his home as the Blue Ridge Fire burns along the hillside in Chino Hills, California. AP Photo
Herman Termeer, 54, stands on the roof of his home as the Blue Ridge Fire burns along the hillside in Chino Hills, California. AP Photo
Protesters confront police during a march in Philadelphia.. AP Photo
Protesters confront police during a march in Philadelphia.. AP Photo
US President Donald Trump holds a campaign event in West Salem, Wisconsin. Reuters
US President Donald Trump holds a campaign event in West Salem, Wisconsin. Reuters
Democratic US presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden attends a campaign stop in Atlanta. Reuters
Democratic US presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden attends a campaign stop in Atlanta. Reuters
A helicopter makes water drops over the Blue Edge Fire as firefighters work at controlling its spread by lighting back fires near homes in Butterfield Ranch, Orange County, South of Los Angeles, California. EPA
A helicopter makes water drops over the Blue Edge Fire as firefighters work at controlling its spread by lighting back fires near homes in Butterfield Ranch, Orange County, South of Los Angeles, California. EPA
A slow shutter speed picture showing a man riding a motorcycle at the beginning of the night-time curfew, next to Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. EPA
A slow shutter speed picture showing a man riding a motorcycle at the beginning of the night-time curfew, next to Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. EPA
People wait in a line to cast ballots during early voting in the US presidential election outside a community center in the suburban community of West Hempstead, New York. EPA
People wait in a line to cast ballots during early voting in the US presidential election outside a community center in the suburban community of West Hempstead, New York. EPA

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Zakat definitions

Zakat: an Arabic word meaning ‘to cleanse’ or ‘purification’.

Nisab: the minimum amount that a Muslim must have before being obliged to pay zakat. Traditionally, the nisab threshold was 87.48 grams of gold, or 612.36 grams of silver. The monetary value of the nisab therefore varies by current prices and currencies.

Zakat Al Mal: the ‘cleansing’ of wealth, as one of the five pillars of Islam; a spiritual duty for all Muslims meeting the ‘nisab’ wealth criteria in a lunar year, to pay 2.5 per cent of their wealth in alms to the deserving and needy.

Zakat Al Fitr: a donation to charity given during Ramadan, before Eid Al Fitr, in the form of food. Every adult Muslim who possesses food in excess of the needs of themselves and their family must pay two qadahs (an old measure just over 2 kilograms) of flour, wheat, barley or rice from each person in a household, as a minimum.

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