religious obligations
Faith's required practices
Religious obligations are duties that followers of a faith are expected or required to perform—prayer, fasting, charitable giving, pilgrimage, dietary restrictions.
These may be prescribed by scripture, religious law, or tradition: His religious obligations prevented him from working on the Sabbath.
The phrase often appears in legal or workplace contexts where accommodation is requested.
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
- lawsEnforceable societal rules
- tithingReligious tenth contribution
- prayerAddress to deity
- daily prayersScheduled religious observances
giving alms · charity · fasting · tenets · liturgy · Sunday mass · covenants · sacred vows · purification · ritual washing · sacraments · confession booth · pilgrimage · holy days · precepts · veneration · offerings · genuflection
- Jewish ObservanceShabbat, Kiddush, Havdalah, morning prayers, evening prayers
- religious lawcanon law, sharia, Islamic law, sacred law, Mosaic law
religious obligationsreligious prohibitions
Rules of sacred abstention
taboos · sins · haram · interdictions
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