# Infaq

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Arabic word meaning spending or disbursement

**Infāq** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): إنفاق) is an Arabic word meaning "spending, disbursement;"[1] but also carries the sense of doing so simply to please [God](/source/God_in_Islam) without asking for any favor or hoping for a return.[2][3]

The word *ʾinfāq* is mentioned once in the Qurʾān in [Q17:100](/source/Q17%3A100). The imperative form of the verb (**ʾanfiqū**) (أَنفِقُوا) appears 18 times in the Qurʾān [4] Similar wording is found at [Q8:3](/source/Q8%3A3); [Q14:31](/source/Q14%3A31); [Q22:35](/source/Q22%3A35); [Q28:54](/source/Q28%3A54); [Q32:16](/source/Q32%3A16).[2]

The word *ʾinfāq* shares the same triliteral root with the word *[nifāq](/source/Nifaq)* (**ن ف ق, nūn fā qāf**), meaning hypocrisy.

*Infāq* is different from *[zakat](/source/Zakat)*, which is obligatory on Muslims, or *[sadaqah](/source/Sadaqah)*, which is charity for obtaining specific return or protection from some adverse event.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Hans Wehr, p. 1158](https://ejtaal.net/aa/#hw4=1171,ll=2931,ls=54,la=4507,sg=1157,ha=801,br=981,pr=158,aan=678,mgf=819,vi=374,kz=2717,mr=743,mn=1448,uqw=1690,umr=1099,ums=931,umj=865,ulq=1708,uqa=431,uqq=403)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2SQ_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2SQ_2-1) [2, The Cow, al-Baqarah](/source/2%2C_The_Cow%2C_al-Baqarah) [Study Quran](/source/Study_Quran)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LSQ_3-0)** Dagli, Caner (April 2015). *2, The Cow, al-Baqarah [Study Quran](/source/Study_Quran)*. San Francisco: [HarperOne](/source/HarperOne).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [search for أَنفِقُوا](http://searchtruth.com/search.php?keyword=+%D8%A3%D9%8E%D9%86%D9%81%D9%90%D9%82%D9%8F%D9%88%D8%A7&translator=1&search=1&start=0) searchtruth.com

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