A contract between a male and a female that permits them to enjoy each other legitimately.
The objectives and rationales that the Lawgiver took into consideration, generally and specifically, while legislating to achieve people’s interests.
"Ifk": lying. It is derived from "afk", which means changing and diverting the truth. Other meanings: sin, false testimony, slander, falsehood.
"Sadāq": dowry given to the woman. It is derived from "sidq", which means: strength, durability. The dowry is also known as "farīdah", "mahr", "ajr", etc.
"Khiyār": pursuit of the best among things. Original meaning: inclining to something. It is derived from "ikhtiyār", which means: selecting, choosing.
"Shahādah": telling information obtained by means of witnessing or seeing some incident.
Tījāniyyah
"Usrah": family, close relatives. It is derived from "asara" and "asr", which originally means strength.
"Ayb": defect, ugliness, anything contradicting sound Fitrah.
"Kafā’ah": equivalence, equality, comparison.
"Damān": guaranteeing, assuming liability. Original meaning: putting something in another thing that contains it.
"Rifq": gentleness, leniency. Opposite: harshness, severity. Other meanings: ease, facilitation. Original meaning: benefit.
"Nushūz": It is derived from "nashz", which means: a high, elevated place. A "nāshiz" wife is the one who disobeys her husband, hates him, treats him with arrogance.
"Mahārim" (sing. mahram): What has been forbidden by Allah and cannot be made lawful. A person who is "mahram" to someone is non-marriageable to him or her.
"Khitān": to cut the skin over the head of the penis; and regarding the woman, it is removing some of the upper skin from the vagina.
"Al-Qassah": white fluid that comes out at the end of the menses after the flow of blood stops.
"Qiwāmah": guardianship, being in charge of preserving wealth, and the like. It is derived from "qiwām", which means basis and pillar of something, and from "qiyām", which means standing erect. Other meanings: rectification, responsibility, care.
"Mahr": the dowry paid by a man to the woman he marries by virtue of a marriage contract. Original meaning: wage for something specific.
"Wathani": idolater, idol worshiper, pagan. "Wathaniyyah": worship of idols and stones. it is derived from "wathan", which means: an idol or stone that is worshiped. "Wathan" is derived from "wathn", which means: steadiness. "Wathn" also means: power, plenty.
"Wilāyah": rulership, authority, being in charge of others. "waliyy", means: lord, owner, ruler. It is derived from "waly", which means: closeness, love. Other meanings: kingship, kinship, state, heredity.
"Mahram": prohibition, prohibited thing, forbidden. Opposite: lawful. Original meaning of "tahrīm": banning.
"Tazwīj": marrying off. Original meaning: pairing two things together. Opposite: "ifrād" (isolating). Other meanings: gathering, joining.
"‘Urf": a term that collectively refers to all the things that a given society knows and recognizes as good. Original meaning: what is "ma‘rūf", i.e. known and recognized, of good and benevolent deeds. Other meanings: what is common and known among people.
"‘Azl": removal, keeping away, discharging men’s semen outside women’s vulva during copulation to avoid conception.
"‘Aqd": fastening, tying. Opposite: loosening. Original meaning: connecting two ends together. Other meanings: adherence, documentation, covenant, confirmation.
"Ghayrah": ardent enthusiasm and anger about something. It is derived from "taghayyur", which means: transformation.
Tījāniyyah
"َQāsir": one incapable of doing something. It is derived from "qusūr", which originally means: not reaching the end. Other meanings: insane person, such as a child, a demented person, or a maniac.
"Qabūl": receiving something and taking it with contentment. It also means: acceptance.
"I‘fāf": anything that achieves chastity and refraining from what is objectionable. Original meaning: purification and freedom from something. Other meanings: immunizing, reducing.
"Majnūn": someone who has lost his mind. It is derived from "junūn" and "jinnah", which mean: loss of mind. Original meaning: concealment, hiding, covering.
Tījāniyyah
"Musāharah": relationship by marriage. "Ashār" are the relatives of a woman’s husband and a man’s wife. It is derived from "sahr", which means: closeness.
"Hīlah": what is used as a means to reach something secretly. It is derived from "hawl", which means: a shift from one state to another in a secret manner. It is mostly used to denote malice.
"I‘rād": aversion, turning away, rejection. Opposite: proceeding toward something, obedience. It is derived from "‘ard", which means: appearance and prominence, or width. Other meanings: leaving out the work, going away, refusal, neglecting.
"Yatīm": a child with no father. It is derived from "yutm", which originally means: singleness
"‘Adl": forbidding, preventing, unjustly preventing a woman from marrying. Original meaning: severity, firmness, strength.
"‘Iwad": compensation, recompense, replacing.
"‘Afw": forgiveness, pardon, refraining from punishment. Original meaning: abandoning, letting go. Other meanings: elimination, effacement, abundance.
A female slave impregnated by her master who then gave birth, whether the newborn was alive or dead.
One's desire to have sexual intercourse.
A relationship between two persons through a close or distant birth.
The woman who is owned by her master.
Removing virginity of a woman by sexual intercourse, felony, or the like.
Emergence of coarse hair around the genitals.
Seeking foreknowledge of one's fate and luck by using divining arrows and the like.
Every statement that could be considered a marriage proposal or the like of it.
Fulfilling a request by an action, statement, or gesture, and the like.
A state in which a person with authority forces another to do an act to realize a Shariah ruling.
Caring for the sick person by serving him and treating him according to the instructions of the physician and the craft of nursing.
One of the wives of a man in a polygamous marriage.
The established nobility of a person or his ancestors.
The kinship relation from the side of the son or daughter and their offspring.
The man"s staying with his wife in a place for most of the night.
A woman who is physically unable to bear children, or an infertile man.
The wife's daughter, down to all levels, from a previous marriage, whether she is related to the wife by birth (her biological daughter) or by breastfeeding.
In the context of inheritance, "ulu al-arhām" means distant blood relatives; i.e. every male or female relative who does not inherit a share from the estate of the deceased, neither an allotted share ("fard") nor a remaining share after the distribution of the allotted shares ("ta‘seeb").
A condition that prevents reproduction in males and females.
The person upon whom the validity of the marriage contract is contingent, such as father, his agent, or the like.
It is when a man marries his daughter, or any other woman under his guardianship, to another man on the condition that the latter will marry him to someone under his guardianship, with or without a dowry.
Single (spouseless) men or women, regardless of whether they were previously married or not.
Previously married woman whose husband has died or divorced her.
Consummation of marriage with a woman.
Playing musical instruments and singing.
When a man's penis loses its erection after penetration during sexual intercourse, so he does not ejaculate.
It refers to a situation when a man marries a thrice-divorced woman with the intention of making it lawful for her to remarry her ex-husband.
It is the destruction of the disbelievers in Hellfire on the Day of Judgment.
Male and female friends, who secretly have sexual relations with each other.
Requesting aid from someone else in times of dire need.
The uncircumcised person.
To verbally or physically harm someone in their body, wealth, or honor.
A Shariah-approved method whereby a person’s share or lot is determined when a dispute occurs while there is no determining factor to choose a candidate over another.
Joy and delight at the attainment of a benefit either for oneself or for someone else.
To keep away from fornication and what is related to it or leads to it.
Fulfillment of others' rights when dealing with them and refraining from hurting them.
A woman's extended stay in her family home after reaching the age of marriage or maturity without getting married.
Everything that the wife possesses in her marital house.
A female sibling born of one's parents or either of them.
A slight and silent laughter.
Dysfunction of a bodily organ.
The flesh that surrounds the woman's vagina from both sides.
A rotten, foul odor in the mouth.
Firmly closing a door or so to prevent it from being opened.
Modifying something and making it appear contrary to its reality.
Giving someone a servant to serve them and look after their affairs.
Having sexual intercourse with a woman, whether she is a wife or a slave woman.
Mutual enjoyment between the spouses through sexual intercourse, foreplay, kissing, etc.
The female who is related to one by birth. She could be one's grand-daughter down to all levels.
Essential parts of the body.
Outsiders who are not relatives.
A person whose chest extends forward and whose belly and back curve inwards.
Women's genitals.
Agreement of two things or more and their sharing the same description, place, type, or etc.
Authorizing marriage of woman without defining her dowry at the time of the marriage contract.
Copulation between a man and his wife.
Perfect honor and deep-rooted esteem.
Name of food prepared on the occasion of marrying a woman.
A mental illness similar to insanity that leads to delirium.
A women's vagina being blocked, impeding having sex her.
A pubescent male from the children of Adam.
A legal weight measurement that varies based on the weighable goods as well as countries.
The woman's dowry when getting married or in similar cases.
A woman who shares one's father's origin.
Food prepared for the occasion of celebrating a marriage.
Food made for a returning traveler.
To raise the price of something higher than its normal price (the price of its like).
Sexually enjoying a woman between her thighs without vaginal penetration.
The saliva that drips from one's mouth.
The sweetness and pleasure of sexual intercourse.
Inclination of the husband's heart to his wife and his affection for her.
Name given to the supplies that the bride needs (of clothes, linens, etc) for her marriage.
A husband's male relative, such as his father, paternal uncle, or his brother.
Oral communication between two or more people face to face.
Husband and wife sleeping under one cover together.
A limited interval of time that has an ultimate end.
A poor weak person who has no money.
A man whose eye is sunken into his head because of its narrowness (smallness).
A person who has one black eye and one blue eye.
When something is crooked and not as straight as it should be.
Fairness of the judge and his aiding a litigant against the one who wronged him.
Food that a person prepares and invites people to
Cattle who has completely lost sight in both eyes.