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Sadaqa can mean any form of charity, obligatory or otherwise. Zakat is a form of Sadaqah.
Zakat al-Fitr is a special donation of food Muslims make at the end of Ramadan. The portion donated serves to purify us of any sins we may have committed or mistakes we may have made while fasting in the holy month.
A dinar was a gold coin weighing just over 4 grams, used in early Islamic times.
Nisab is the minimum amount of wealth a Muslim must possess before they are obligated to pay Zakat.
A dirham was a silver coin (around 2.65 grams) used in the early days of Islam.
The mithqal was the measure of the weight of a single dinar.