Charity

Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, commemorates Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to Allah. Celebrated during Hajj on the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah, Muslims sacrifice animals and distribute meat to family, friends, and the poor.

Zakat is the obligatory charitable giving that constitutes the third pillar of Islam. A fixed percentage of wealth given annually to specified recipients, it purifies wealth, supports the needy, and embodies Islamic principles of economic justice.

Zaynab bint Khuzayma, known as Umm al-Masakin, the Mother of the Poor, was a wife of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) from the Banu Hilal. Married in Ramadan 3 AH, she died within months, and was the first of his wives buried at al-Baqi.