: 470 The word literally means "protected person", referring to the state's obligation under sharia to protect the individual's life, property, as well as freedom of religion, in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax, in contrast to the zakat, or obligatory alms, paid by the Muslim subjects. Dhimmī ( Arabic: ذمي ḏimmī, IPA:, collectively أهل الذمة ahl aḏ-ḏimmah/ dhimmah "the people of the covenant") or Mu'ahid is a historical term for non-Muslims living in an Islamic state with legal protection.
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