religious duty
Faith-mandated act
Religious duty is an obligation arising from one's faith or spiritual beliefs—something a person feels bound to do because their religion requires it.
Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, charitable giving, and observance of holy days are common religious duties across traditions.
The phrase often appears in discussions of religious freedom: His employer accommodated his religious duty to pray five times daily.
A religious duty may conflict with secular law or social expectations, raising questions about which obligation takes precedence.
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
- mitzvahJewish law commandment
- holy obligationReligiously required commitment
- IslamicOf the Muslim religion
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
dharma · fasting · fast day · ablution · ritual purity · zakat · sacrifice · obligation · devotionals · meditation · baptism · communion · last rites · asceticism · offerings · purity · scripture study · prayer
- religious ethicsChristian ethics, divine command, moral law, divine law, love thy neighbor
- Dharmadharma, righteousness, moral law, cosmic order, moral order
- Islamic taxationzakat, haul, poor tax, wealth tax, land tax
- RamadanRamadan, iftar, fasting, holy month, breaking fast
- Christian ethicsChristian morality, Christian values, divine law, Christian virtues, natural law
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
religious dutycivic duty
Obligation owed to community
state mandate · civil duty · legal requirement · social convention · legal duty
religious dutysin
Violation of divine law
transgression · sacrilege · blasphemy · heresy · forbidden act