The proper name of the city of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, to which he emigrated from Makkah and in which he lived and died.
Reaching the state of perfection.
Giving a non-binding religious ruling.
A contract between a male and a female that permits them to enjoy each other legitimately.
The interval during which the woman is free from menses and post-natal bleeding.
Pouring water all over the body with the intention to remove major ritual impurity, or to perform the recommended purification, or without any intention.
The voluntary prayers that Allah Almighty legislated as extra to the obligatory prayers.
A prayer performed between ‘Ishā’ prayer and the break of dawn to conclude the night prayer.
Performing prayer in congregation.
The intention to start the rituals of Hajj or ‘Umrah.
Interpreting speech and rendering it from one language to another.
Everything that is definitively prohibited under Shariah.
The ninth month of the Hijri calendar.
Allah’s praise of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) before the higher assembly of close angels.
The confirmed Sunnah prayers which are performed before or after the obligatory prayers.
Dissolving the marriage contract wholly or partially on the spot or at a later time using specific words or metaphors to the same effect.
A branch of knowledge which states who is eligible to inherit from the deceased and who is not, and the exact share of each heir.
Any statement that includes glorification of Allah and expressing love for Him.
A word that is said upon completing the recitation of Surat al-Fātihah and at the end of supplications. It means: "O Allah, answer the supplication".
The times set by Shariah for the performance of prayers.
Dutifulness and kindness to one’s parents through words and deeds during their life and after their death.
The greeting said by a Muslim when he meets or leaves his fellow Muslims.
All types of properties or rights that a person leaves behind after his death.
Eliminating ritual impurities and filth which prevent the state of purity required for performing prayer.
Request of the Lawgiver (Allah) to do something in a way that is not binding.
A strength that comes to a child and transforms him into a man or a woman.
Asking Allah Almighty to pardon one’s sins and to protect him from their consequences.
Giving out a specific part of certain kinds of property in a certain manner to certain types of people.
The donation that a person gives from his own wealth as an act of worship and in pursuit of reward from Allah Almighty.
The direction the Muslims face in prayer.
The place where a dead person is buried in the ground.
Washing the entire body of the deceased with water in a Shariah-approved manner.
Name of the disbelieving jinn who is created from fire.
A set of statements and actions that starts with Takbīr and ends with Taslīm.
Judging a Muslim to be an apostate.
Placing the deceased person in his grave and covering him with dust.
Charity consisting of food that becomes obligatory at the end of Ramadān.
Giving out a specific amount of gold, silver, or of their product or banknotes to those who deserve Zakah if they reach the Nisāb (amount liable for Zakah) and one lunar year elapses while they are in the owner’s possession.
Visiting the graves of Muslims with the intention to supplicate for them, derive lessons from their condition, and remember the Hereafter.
The tenth day of the month of Muharram.
Following the deceased and carrying him to the place where the funeral prayer will be offered for him and the place where he will be buried.
A stipulated increase with no exchange for credit in return for delaying the settlement of a due debt. It is also an increase or a delay in cash on selling things of a specified type on the spot.
Sale transactions that are prohibited under Shariah.
The five prayers that should be performed every day and night. They are: Zhuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib, ‘Ishā’, and Fajr prayers.
Practices that are prohibited for a person in the state of Ihrām for Hajj or ‘Umrah.
Using pure water to wash particular body parts in a particular manner as an act of worship.
A two-Rak‘ah prayer that is performed in a specific manner on the day of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Ad-ha.
A two-Rak‘ah prayer to be performed after the two-part sermon at noon on Friday.
Supplication and prayer offered for a deceased person in a specific manner.
Voluntary prayers legislated in addition to the five obligatory prayers.
To abstain from whatever breaks the fast from the break of dawn until sunset while having this intention.
Everything that a person believes in with absolute certainty, his heart agrees with, and he adopts as a doctrine.
To defend those you care about whether they are right or wrong, in support of your tribe, group, color, or the like.
Allah's ordainment a certain act to be done by way of obligation.
To report about something in a way contrary to its reality, whether deliberately or mistakenly.
Exchange of a property for another for the purpose of ownership and transferring ownership.
Musical instruments like the flute and so on.
The objectives and rationales that the Lawgiver took into consideration, generally and specifically, while legislating to achieve people’s interests.
It is the opposite of Islam or a statement, act, belief, doubt, or neglect of an obligation which takes one out of the fold of Islam.
A statment of the Lawgiver (Allah) ordering to avoid something, but not in strictly prohibitory terms.
Protection of man’s life, property, and honor.
Spilling the blood of an animal in a certain manner.
Secretly taking some valuable property from a secure place where property is usually hidden.
Saying: "Rabbana wa lak al-hamd" (Our Lord, and all praise is due to You) upon standing upright after rising from "rukū‘" (bowing) in prayer.
A firm command by the Almighty Lawgiver to refrain from a particular action.
Worshiping Allah Almighty by bowing the head and back in a certain manner in prayer.
Covering the parts of the body that people find it embarrassing and shameful to reveal, especially during prayer, like the private parts.
Two prostrations performed in order to make up for a deficiency in the prayer due to doubt or forgetfulness.
Calmness and settlement of all parts of the body for an interval of time in all pillars of prayer.
The body parts that should be covered and which one feels shy about uncovering, such as the private parts and the buttocks.
A place allocated for establishing prayer on a permanent basis.
The guidance followed by the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and his noble Companions in terms of religious affairs, which include statements, actions, and beliefs.
Verse 255 of Surat al-Baqarah in the Noble Qur’an.
Deviation from the truth, intentionally or unintentionally.
To do what is commanded and abstain from what is forbidden out of compliance whether in terms of statements, actions, or beliefs.
The cognitive instinct by which Allah Almighty has distinguished man from other living beings. Loss of mind renders the person no longer accountable for religious duties.
Visiting the Sacred Mosque in Makkah any day of the year to perform special rituals.
Consuming any intoxicant, be it liquid or solid, in small or large quantities.
When an accountable person intentionally, forgetfully, or out of laziness abandons the obligatory prayers until the due time is over.
Intentionally giving a false testimony with the aim of deception.
The clear course in the religion that includes the beliefs, rulings, and ethics.
Everything that is definitively prohibited under Shariah.
Sexual intercourse with a woman outside marriage or without her being the man’s female slave or doubtful female slave or wife.
A scholar making his best efforts to reach a secondary Shariah ruling based on the relevant proofs.
Everything permitted and sanctioned by the Shariah.
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"Kusūf": eclipse. It is derived from "kasafa". Original meaning of "kasf": change into something unpleasant.
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"Fāsiq": one who departs from obedience and uprightness. Original meaning: something exiting something else in order to corrupt it.
"‘Adālah": holding fast to the truth. "‘Adl": justice, anything that is considered upright. Opposite: oppression. It is originally derived from "i‘tidāl", which means moderation and straightness. Other meanings: equality, integrity, purity.
"Qatl": killing, causing to die, taking the life of someone.
"A‘rāb": Bedouins, desert dwellers from the Arabs or non-Arabs. It is derived from "ta‘arrub", which means: living in the desert with Bedouins.
"Iftār": breaking one’s fast by eating or drinking. Opposite: fasting. It is derived from "fitr", which means: split, opening.
"Tadlīs": hiding, concealing. Other meanings: deception, cheating, betrayal, decrease.
"Qur’" (pl. aqrā’): time; hence, it is used to refer to the duration of menses or menstrual purity. Other meanings: gathering together, as blood gathers inside the woman’s womb.
"Ifk": lying. It is derived from "afk", which means changing and diverting the truth. Other meanings: sin, false testimony, slander, falsehood.
"Iqrār": confession, acknowledgment. Opposite: denial. It is derived from "qarr", which means: capability, stability.
"Iqrād": lending. It is derived from "qard" (loan), which means cutting off.
"Saff": a straight part of anything. Original meaning of "saff" and "tasfīf": straightening things along a straight line.
"Safa" (sing. safāh): the wide, hard, flat stone which nothing grows on. It is derived from "safā’", which means purity.
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"Istijmār": cleansing the private parts after answering the call of nature with "jimār", i.e. small stones.
"Ijmā‘": the agreement among a group of people over a certain matter.
"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.
"Irth": property left by a deceased person. Original meaning: transfer of something from a group of people to another.
"Ikrāh": forcing someone to do something he dislikes. It is derived from "kurh", which means dislike.
"Tarādi": mutual agreement between two parties. It is derived from "rida", which means: the willingness to say or do something and feeling comfortable with it.
"Tarjī‘": repeating, repetition of a recitation.
"Tarkhīs": facilitating, making things easy. Other meanings: decreasing, reducing.
"Janāzah": The body of the deceased person. It may also mean the bier on which the dead person is carried. It is originally derived from "tajnīz", which means: preparing and making ready (for burial).
"Hūdūd" (sing. hadd): a limit set between two things; the terminal point of something. It is also used to mean prevention because it prevents the person from repeating the sin, as is the case in the punishment for fornication. The "hudūd" of Allah Almighty are the rulings which He laid down and forbade people from violating.
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"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.
"Waswasah": covert voice and speech. Other meanings: vain self-talk, evils, and bad thoughts.
"Qadhf": throwing something away. It also means cursing and was later used to refer to false accusation of adultery.
"Qadā’": judging; decreeing; resolving (a dispute). "Qādi": judge; the one who judges and settles the dispute. Other meanings: completion, accomplishment.
"Mawāqīt" (sing. miqāt): the time or place designated for a certain action.
"Siwāk": small twig used for brushing one’s teeth. It is derived from "sawk", which means inclining, moving. Other meanings: brushing, rubbing.
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"Shafā‘ah": requesting something on behalf of someone. Other meanings: increasing, joining and partnering with.
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"Sihāq": sexual enjoyment between a woman and another woman. It is derived from "sahq", which means: remoteness, crushing (as lesbians press their sexual organs against each other).
"Sultān": Ruler, governor. It is derived from "salātah", which means: power, capability, overcoming. Other meanings: Caliph, imām, judge, evidence, proof.
"Dayn": debt. It is derived from "dāna". Original meaning: submission, humiliation. It also means: delay. "Dayn" was called as such because of the humiliation it involves, or because its settlement is delayed to a future date.
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"Amwāl" (sing. māl): everything that can be possessed by humans.
"An‘ām" (sing. na‘am): cattle; camels, cows, sheep. It is derived from "tana‘‘um", which means: prosperity, enjoyment, affluence.
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"Ittisāl": the state of being connected and linked together. Original meaning: association, gathering. Opposite: disconnection, separation.
"Hisbah": amount, origin. It is derived from "nasb", which means: erecting, raising.
"Ud'hiyah": a name given to the animal that one slaughters as a sacrifice to Allah. It originally refers to the animal slaughtered on the Day of Nahr (Eid al-Ad'ha, 10th of Dhul-Hijjah).
"Qard": something cut off another thing. It also means loan, what someone gives to someone else, to be paid back later.
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"Ahl": family, close relatives. It also refers to a person’s followers and companions. A man’s "ahl" is his wife and close family members.
"Ihtilām": seeing sexual intercourse or the like during sleep, whether this is accompanied by ejaculation or not. Other meanings: discernment, puberty.
"Ihdād": giving up or refraining from something, such as when a woman gives up her charms and adornments after her husband’s death. It is derived from "hadd", which means: barring and isolating two things.
"Ihsār": gathering, detention, prevention. Examples of "ihsār" include such cases when a person is prevented by illness or travel from doing something, and when a pilgrim is prevented by illness or some other cause from completing the rituals of Hajj.
"Ihsān": preventing. A "muhsana" woman is a chaste one.
"Ihlāl": It is the opposite of "ihrām" (ritual state of consecration assumed for Hajj or ‘Umrah). Original meaning: opening something.
"Adab": good manners and noble actions. Its original meaning is calling, as it calls people to what is praiseworthy.
"Idhn": permission. Original meaning: to lift prohibition, to permit. Other meanings: proclamation, from which comes the word "Adhān" (the call to prayer).
"Isbāl": letting down. Original meaning: to let something hang down from a high place to a lower one, or extending something.
"Istikhlāf": appointing someone as a deputy or successor. It is derived from "khalaf", which means: replacement, substitution.
"Istirjā‘": restoring, recovering, and reclaiming (something). It also refers to saying: "Inna lillah wa inna ilayhi rāji‘ūn." (We belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return.)
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"Tahajjud": getting up from sleep. It is originally derived from "hujūd", which means sleep in the night.
"Istinbāt": deduce. It is derived from "anbat", which means "extract" and originally comes from "nabat", which is the water that comes out of the well immediately after it is dug up.
"Usrah": family, close relatives. It is derived from "asara" and "asr", which originally means strength.
"Idttibā‘": inserting one’s garment under one’s right arm and then throws its ends over one’s left shoulder, exposing the right shoulder.
"Ta‘ziyah": enjoining and urging someone to show patience. It is derived from "‘azā’", which means patience. Other meanings: solace, comfort.
"Ta‘zīr": It is derived from "‘azr", which means: preventing, repelling.
"Safar": crossing a distance. Original meaning: appearing, getting revealed.
"Ghadab": anger, great dissatisfaction. Opposite: "rida" (contentment). Original meaning: strength, hardness. Other meanings: a change that occurs in humans when the blood of their heart boils and they seek revenge.
"I’timām": imitating and following something and acting like it.
"Ittifāq": agreement, conformity and closeness between two things. Other meanings: convergence, unity, harmony.
"Ayb": defect, ugliness, anything contradicting sound Fitrah.
"Taghyīr": changing, removing. Other meanings: shifting, distorting, abrogating, substituting.
"Tafrīt": neglecting, wasting. Original meaning: removing something from its place. Other meanings: carelessness, delay.
"Taqābud": exchanging two things between two people, as happens when each of the trading parties receives what is given by the other.
"Ithm": sin, the sin that makes the sinner deserving of punishment. Original meaning: slowness, delay.
"Ahbās" (sing. hibs): anything used to stop the flow of water, such as a stone or the like. Original meaning: stopping.
"Ihtijām": extracting blood from the body. It is derived from "hajm", which means sucking. Other meanings: seeking "hijāmah" (wet cupping).
"Shuf‘ah": attaching, owning.
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"Kafā’ah": equivalence, equality, comparison.
"Tamyīz": isolating and sorting out something; keeping something away; separating and distinguishing between similar things.
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"Sūrah": appearance, shape. Other meanings: description, copy of an original.
"Nams": plucking hair. It is also said to mean: plucking facial hair.
"Tawthīq": strengthening and establishing something. Original meaning: precision, perfection. It is derived from "wathīqah", which means something used a proof, such as letter and the like.
"Bātil": false, invalid. Opposite: true, valid. Original meaning: going away or remaining for a short time.
"Hajr": preventing, banning. Other meanings: narrowing, limiting. As derived from this, the mind is called "hijr", because it prevents one from doing reprehensible things.
"Hadānah": protecting something and maintaining it. Original meaning: taking something into one’s "hidn", i.e. under the arm. "Hādinah": female protector.
"Bughāh" (sing. bāghi): transgressor, oppressor. It is derived from "baghy", which means: exceeding the limits.
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"Damān": guaranteeing, assuming liability. Original meaning: putting something in another thing that contains it.
"Heqd": retaining animosity within the heart. Original meaning: retaining, withholding. Other meanings: dislike, hatred.
"Hawqalah": The statement: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billāh" (There is no power or strength except by Allah).
"Ramal": walking rapidly while shaking the shoulders and taking short steps. "Raml" is faster than normal walk and slower than running.
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"Sā’imah": a grazing animal that feeds on lawful grass and herbage. It is derived from "sawm", which originally means: going after something.
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"‘Āriyah": loaned item, loan. It is originally derived from "ta‘āwur", which means: alternation, circulation.
"Tat'hīr": cleansing, purification. Other meanings: absolution, freeing from impurities.
"Ta‘jīl": hastening; doing something before its due time. It is derived from "‘ajalah", which is the opposite of slowness and tardiness. Other meanings: doing something before another.
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"‘Udhr": A proof that one uses for an excuse. Everything that removes blame is an excuse.
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"Riddah": return, conversion. Other meanings: reversion, rejection, denial, transition.
"Rishwah": allowance, gift, any means that helps one reach something. It came to be used to refer specifically to means leading to forbidden things.
"Radā‘": sucking the breast, or drinking milk from the breast.
"Rifq": gentleness, leniency. Opposite: harshness, severity. Other meanings: ease, facilitation. Original meaning: benefit.
"Rukn": foundation, support, strongest side, pivot. It is derived from "rakn", which means strength, firmness. Other meanings: the supporting pillar of something, which keeps it erect.
"Tabdhīr": dispersing, scattering. It is derived from "badhr", which means: scattering seeds in the soil. Other meanings: spreading, excessiveness.
"Tabarru‘": voluntary donation of something. Original meaning: winning, surpassing.
"Ta‘wīd": giving compensation to someone. It is derived from "‘iwad", which means: compensation, substitute.
"Tawarruk": resting on one’s hip, the part above the thigh. It is also used to refer to reclining.
"Taysīr": facilitation, easing. It is derived from "yusr", which means: ease, docility. Opposite: hardship, difficulty.
"Tayammun": starting actions with the right hand, the right leg, and the right side in general. It is also used to mean: asking Allah for "yumn" (blessings and prosperity).
"Juhūd": denial, rejection. Opposite: acknowledgment. Original meaning: scarcity of anything.
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"Dhimmi": one who is given protection and security. It is derived from "dhimma", which means: covenant, protection.
"Rahim": womb, kinship, relationship.
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"Ruqyah": protection, preservation. It is derived from "taraqqi", which means: ascension, elevation. Other meanings: incantation, fortification.
"Rahn": constancy, permanence, withholding, sticking to something.
"‘Irāfah": the profession of the fortune-teller, soothsayer, or astrologer who claim to know the unseen and the future.
"‘Arbūn": down payment; when someone buys something and gives the seller a down payment in advance. It is derived from "i‘rāb", which means: clarifying and manifesting.
"Fard": cutting, obligation, appraisal.
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"Āyah" (pl. āyāt"): sign, indication, a verse of the Qur’an. Other meanings: miracle, proof, evidence, wonder, admonition.
"Madhy": a thin whitish liquid released from the penis upon sexual arousal, foreplay, kissing, or imagining sexual acts.
"Murāja‘ah": referring back (to someone) to consult (him). It also means taking the wife back after divorcing her. It is originally derived from "raj‘", which means: returning.
"Najsh": provoking and extracting something. It is said to originally mean: praising and flattering.
"Naskh": removing and moving, copying. Original meaning: replacing something with another. Other meanings: converting, changing, abrogating.
"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.
"Wājib": required, established. It is derived from "wujūb", which means: requirement, establishment, falling.
"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.
"Minbar": a raised place. It is derived from the "nabr", which means: rising above ground level.
"Nifās": childbirth. It is derived from "tanfīs", which means: coming out from the inside. It came to be used to refer to the blood discharged because of childbirth.
"Jimār" (sing. jamrah): pebble, small stone. It is used to refer to the place where stones are gathered and thrown.
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"Jihād": exerting utmost effort and power in terms of speech or deeds.
"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.
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"‘Īnah": An advance or loan. It is derived from "‘ayn", which means money, or from "i‘ānah", which is assistance. Other meanings: purchase or sale on credit.
"Ghishsh": showing something and concealing the opposite. Opposite: sincerity. It is derived from "ghashash", which means: muddied, unclear water.
"Ghasb": openly taking something unjustly and by force.
"Batāt": decisive, irreversible, obliging. It is derived from "al-battah", which means: never, ever, at all.
"Ihlāl": talbiyah. It originally referred to raising one’s voice upon seeing the crescent. Then it came to be frequently used to refer to any kind of loud voice.
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"Ghabn": deception in buying and selling.
"Qisās": similitude, equality. Other meanings: punishing in the same way the injustice was perpetrated. It is derived from "qassa", which means: tracing, or from "qat‘", which means cutting.
"Al-Qassah": white fluid that comes out at the end of the menses after the flow of blood stops.
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"Qimār": a bet between two parties which involves a financial risk – loss or gain of money. It is derived from "qamar" (the moon), which sometimes grows into a full moon and at other times decreases and becomes a crescent, just like the gambled money.
"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.
"Qiyās": to associate, attach, compare two similar objects, simile, resemblance. Other meanings: consideration, compromise, and correctness.
"Kāfil": guarantor, caretaker.
"Kāhin": a person who claims to know the unseen and hidden things. It is originally derived from "takahhun", which means: estimation, thinking, conjecture, lying.
"Luqatah": something on the ground that is picked up. It is derived from "laqt", which means picking up something on the ground.
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"Manfa‘ah": benefit. Opposite: harm. Original meaning: goodness, anything used to attain a goal. Other meanings: interest, fruit.
"Manyy": semen; the water of the man or woman from which the fetus is formed. It is derived from "many", which means: spilling, pouring, determining. So, the man’s water is called "manyy" because it is poured forth (ejaculated), or because the fetus is determined and created from it.
"Mahr": the dowry paid by a man to the woman he marries by virtue of a marriage contract. Original meaning: wage for something specific.
"Nuqūd" (sing. naqd): the currency, of gold and the like, exchanged between people. It is derived from "naqd", which means: distinguishing, revealing, hastening.
"Nahy": stopping, rebuking, preventing. Opposite: command. It is derived from "intihā’", which means: stopping at a certain point. Other meanings: attainment, arrival, prohibition, rejection, dismissal.
"Niyāhah": crying in a loud voice, yelling, shrieking. It is derived from "tanāwuh", which means: meeting. The crying of women during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance was called "niyāhah" because they used to meet one another and weep over the deceased.
"Hibah": giving something for no return. It is derived from "wahb", which means: conveying money or other useful items to someone. Other meanings: donation, favor, charity, grant.
"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.
"Wisāl": joining, connecting. Opposite: "inqitā‘" (interruption). Original meaning: joining something to something else until it becomes attached to it. Other meanings: exaggeration, continuing, carrying on, following, succession.
"Wisāyah": when someone asks another person to do something on his behalf while he is absent. Original meaning: joining something to another. Other meanings: acceptance, affirmation.
"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.
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"Maysir": gamble, gambling game. It is derived from "yusr", which means ease, as it involves taking money with ease.
"Nāzhir": It is derived from "nazhar", which means: thinking, contemplating. It originally meant inspecting something with the eye and came to be used to refer to considering something and thinking about it.
"Nā’ihah": It is derived from "nawh", which means: crying loudly, wailing. It is originally derived from "tanāwuh", which is meeting, and hence the weeping of women was called "niyāhah", for they would get together and engage in crying and wailing.
"Kitābi": It is derived from "kitāb", which means: book, i.e. pages gathered between two covers. It originally comes from "katb", which means: joining something with something else. A "Kitābi" is someone from the people of the book, namely the Jews and Christians.
"Mahram": prohibition, prohibited thing, forbidden. Opposite: lawful. Original meaning of "tahrīm": banning.
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"Tadhkiyah": slaughtering. It is derived from "dhakāh", which means: completion and ending. Thus, slaughtering is called "tadhkiyah" and "dhakāh" because it completes the process that makes eating an animal permissible.
"Tarāweih" (sing. tarwīhah): rest, taking rest, a prayer which contains rest. It is derived from "rawh", which means expansion and wideness. This prayer is called "Tarāweih" because the people rest after every four rak‘ahs.
"Tazwīj": marrying off. Original meaning: pairing two things together. Opposite: "ifrād" (isolating). Other meanings: gathering, joining.
"Tamlīk": transferring the ownership of something to someone else. Other meanings: to give in marriage.
"Tawarruq": asking for papers, eating papers. It is derived from "wariq", which means silver dirhams.
"Tawriyah": metonymy, indirect reference. Opposite: frankness. Original meaning: veiling, hiding. Other meanings: delay, extracting.
"Madmadah": moving water around in the mouth. Original meaning: movement inside of something. Other meanings: washing.
"Ma‘ābid" (sing: ma‘bad): place of worship and obedience and whatever brings one close to Allah. Original meaning of "‘ibādah" (worship): displaying humility, docility, submission, compliance.
"Maqbarah" (graveyard): It is derived from "qabr", which means: grave, the hole in the ground wherein the deceased person is placed. Any place where the body of a deceased person is kept hidden is called "qabr", even the sea. "Qabr" also means the act of burying the deceased in the earth. Original meaning of "qabr": obscurity, invisibility. It was called thus because it conceals the body of the deceased person.
"Makrūh": detestable, abominable. Opposite: loved, recommended. It is derived from "karāhah", which means hardship, distress, and from "kurh" or "karh", which means: abhorrence. "Makrūh" is what one hates and deems difficult. Other meanings: something disallowed, rejected, hardship, harshness.
"Murū’ah": manhood in its perfect form; good manners and politeness. It is derived from "marī’" (the gullet). It was also said to be derived from "mar’", which means: man, human being. Other meanings: humanity, chastity, generosity, nobility, uprightness.
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"Niqāb": a veil the woman puts on his face. It originally refers to an opening in something.
"Zūr": lying, falsehood. Original meaning: inclining, swerving, something adorned. Other meanings: accusation, strength, polytheism, singing, diversion.
"Sufūr": uncovering, exposing, clarity. Travel was named "safar" because it exposes people’s true character.
"Baghy": oppression, transgression. Original meaning: corruption.
"Al-‘Arabiyyah": the language that Arabs speak. It is derived from "ta‘rīb", which means: clarification, declaration.
"‘Ird": honor, esteem. It is said to be anything for which a person is praised or dispraised.
"‘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.
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"‘Ashīrah": one’s closest relatives. Other meanings: a group of one's relatives. It is derived from "mu‘āsharah", which means: mixing, merging, socializing.
"‘Iffah": refraining and abstaining from what is bad and objectionable. Original meaning: scarcity. Other meanings: purification, chastity.
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"‘Aqd": fastening, tying. Opposite: loosening. Original meaning: connecting two ends together. Other meanings: adherence, documentation, covenant, confirmation.
"‘Aqīqah": the sacrificial animal slaughtered to celebrate the birth of a baby on his/her seventh day. It is derived from "‘aq", which means: splitting (of a sheep’s throat).
"‘Ilm": knowledge. Opposite: ignorance. Other meanings: understanding, belief.
"Qādi": judge; a person who decides matters and settles them with his judgment.
"Qitāl": fighting, combating. It is derived from "qatl", which means killing.
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"Qulfah": the skin that covers the glans. Original meaning: to cut something from its root.
"Ghayrah": ardent enthusiasm and anger about something. It is derived from "taghayyur", which means: transformation.
"Ghiyalah": deception, heedlessness. It is derived from "ightiyāl", which means: taking something out of nowhere.
"Fāhishah": bad and objectionable speech or deed. It is derived from "fuhsh", which is ugliness and horribleness. Other meanings: adultery.
"Furqah": separation, estrangement. Opposite: connection, bond.
"Fasād": damage or defect in something. Opposite: soundness, validity. Original meaning: departure from a moderate state.
"Faskh": removing, lifting, annulling, invalidating.
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"َ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.
"Qā’id": someone who is at the front, ahead of others, and guides them in their march. Opposite: "sā’iq" (one who walks behind others and steers them). Other meanings: army commander.
"Qabd": taking something in one’s full grip. Original meaning: accumulating and assembling. Other meanings: ability, seizing.
"Qabūl": receiving something and taking it with contentment. It also means: acceptance.
"Wasiyyah": the money or the like determined in a will. It is originally derived from "wasl", which means: connecting something with another.
"Yamīn": oath-taking, swearing. It was called as such because people used to strike the "yamīn" (right hand) of one another upon entering into alliance. Other meanings: hand, blessing, strength.
"Taklīf": commanding things that one finds difficult.
"Qaza‘" (sing. qaza‘ah): a piece of cloud. Original meaning: dispersal, scattering. Other meanings: shaving parts of the head and leaving other parts unshaven.
"Qasam": swearing, taking an oath. It is derived from "qasāmah", which means: the oaths that are divided and distributed among the blood relatives of the slain person (the practice of clearing a person accused of murder by the oaths of others testifying to his innocence).
"Qunūt": obedience along with humility. It is derived from "qanata", which means: to obey. It is also said to mean: standing for long.
"Rukhsah" (pl. rukhas): ease, facilitation, leniency. Opposite: hardness. Other meanings: permission, pardon.
"Barā’ah": discarding and being cleared from something. Original meaning: avoidance of what is disliked. Other meanings: abandonment, severance, separation.
"Tijārah": trade, buying and selling. It is derived from "tājir", which means: trader.
"Zandaqah": lack of belief in the Hereafter and the Oneness of the Creator. Original meaning: narrowness. It is said to be a Persian word that entered Arabic language. Other meanings: being irreligious and believing that time is eternal.
"Zindīq" (pl. zanādiqah): someone who does not believe in the Hereafter or the Oneness of the Creator. It also refers to he who has no religion and believes in eternalism. It is also used to refer to the hypocrite.
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"Jawāz": permissibility, permission. Opposite: prevention. Original meaning: traversing, crossing. Other meanings: effectiveness, health, ability, forgiveness, dispensation.
"Hazhr": banning. Opposite: permitting.
"Halif": oath. Original meaning: adherence - since one is required to adhere to his oath.
"Hamd": praise, commendation. Opposite: dispraise. Other meanings: thankfulness.
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"I‘fāf": anything that achieves chastity and refraining from what is objectionable. Original meaning: purification and freedom from something. Other meanings: immunizing, reducing.
"Ightiyāl": killing in a stealthy, treacherous, and deceptive manner.
Aqārib": one’s family, relatives, and kindred.
"Jināyah": misdeed, felony.
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"Majnūn": someone who has lost his mind. It is derived from "junūn" and "jinnah", which mean: loss of mind. Original meaning: concealment, hiding, covering.
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"Miskīn": someone who does not own anything. It was said to mean someone who does not have enough money. It is derived from "sakūn", which means: tranquility and immobility. Other meanings: a person who is humiliated, submissive, and weak.
"Mashrū‘iyyah": legitimacy. It is derived from "mashrū‘", which means: clarified, plain, legitimate. The original meaning of "shar‘": revealing, explanation.
"Mashaqqah": hardship, burden, exhaustion, suffering, difficulty.
"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.
"Thawāb": reward for a deed, good or bad, and the recompense for a doer of good or a doer of evil.
"Lahd": a crevice made in the side of a grave. It is derived from "ilhād", which originally means: tilting and swerving from something.
"Mujtahid": someone who exerts his utmost efforts to reach something. It is derived from "jahd", which means: hardship, tiredness. Other meanings: an earnest pursuer of a certain goal.
"Mutawātir": successive. It is derived from "witr", which means: odd-numbered. Opposite: discontinued. Other meanings: succession of things one after the other without a gap between them.
"Hinth": major sin, wrongdoing. Opposite: fulfillment of oath. Other meanings: breaking an oath.
"Ihtidār": being on the verge of death and showing its signs.
"Hadath": urine or the like that comes out of the anus or genitals. It is derived from "hudūth", which means: occurrence, happening anew.
"Ikhtimār": a woman's covering of her head with a veil. It is derived from "khimār", which means: what covers the head and part of the face of a woman; anything that covers something else.
"Ikhtilāf": dispute, disagreement, contradiction, reversal. Opposite: agreement. It is derived from "khilāfah", which means: succession and replacement of something by another. Other meanings: variation, change, dispersion.
"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.
"Isrāf": extravagance. Original meaning: exceeding the limit in everything. Opposite: moderation, reasonability. It is derived from "musrif", which means: extravagant. Other meanings: wastefulness, negligence, carelessness, causing damage, wasting, squandering, corruption, extremism, interruption.
"Usūl" (sing. asl): the bottom of something. Original meaning: foundation upon which something is built. Other meanings: the first, the pure, the origin.
"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.
"I‘fā’": increasing and growing. "‘Āfi": a person with long hair. "‘Afw": leftover and remnants of something, leaving out the punishment. It is derived from "‘afā’", which means: leaving. Other meanings: increase, elongation, release, letting go, acquittal, deliverance.
"Ightisāb": taking something in an oppressive and unjust manner and by force. It is derived from "ghasb", which means: compulsion.
"‘Abath": engaging in frivolous actions, doing useless things.
"‘Itrah": a man’s children and offspring, also his clan and relatives, the close and the distant thereof. It is derived from "‘atr", which means: branching out or intensifying. "‘Itr": origin, ancestry. Relatives are called "‘itrah" because their lineages are branched out or because one cares for them intensely.
"Idtirār": bad need, necessity. It is originally derived from "darar", which means: hardship, restriction.
"Mufassal": something with many obviously distinct parts. It is derived from "fasl", which means: distinguishing something from another. Other meanings: clear, cut into pieces, partitioned, limited.
"Nushrah": an incantation whereby a mad or sick person is treated.
The clear, unambiguous verses whose meaning is not hidden from anyone.
Conflict between two or more valid non-contradictory opinions which can be reconciled.
"Jahl": ignorance. Opposite: knowledge. Other meanings: foolishness.
"Dhabh": slaughter, spilling of blood. Original meaning: splitting, cutting.
"Tuma’nīnah": tranquility. Opposite: confusion, worry. Original meaning: settlement, stability.
"Thabāt": stillness, stability. Original meaning: continuity, permanence. Opposite: end, coming to a halt. Other meanings: uprightness, adherence.
Disparaging any part of the religion of Islam and criticizing its rulings.
"Taysīr": making things easy for oneself or for others. It is derived from "yusr", which means: ease, compliance. Opposite: difficulty, hardship. Original meaning: openness and lightness.
"Tanfīr": pushing away, repelling. Original meaning: impelling someone to run away and escape. Opposite: endearing, giving good news.
"Ijrām": committing a "jurm": crime or sin. "Ijrām" is derived from "jarm", which means: cutting off or earning. A sin is called a "jurm" because it is something earned by its perpetrator. Other meanings: corrupting, hurting someone.
"Ihbāt": annulment, invalidation. It is derived from "habt", which means: an animal eating so much fodder that its belly swells and then dies.
Nourishment from food that is certainly lawful and earned by lawful means without wasting nor using it in sinful ways.
"Safāhah": foolishness. Original meaning: frivolity, recklessness, imprudence, crookedness and confusion. Opposite: forbearance, rationality.
"Azm": determination to do something. Original meaning: cutting. Other meanings: patience, strength, emphasis, earnestness, duty.
Submission of the heart and its fear of Allah out of love and glorification, along with being submissive to the truth outwardly and inwardly.
"Fiqh": realizing, knowing. "It is derived from "faqīh", which means: scholar, knowledgeable person. Original meaning: opening, splitting; hence, knowledge was called "fiqh" because the person who has knowledge cuts through meanings and opens up what is closed (ambiguous) thereof. Other meanings: understanding.
"Dhull": weakness, disgrace. Opposite: honor, strength. Original meaning: softness, easiness. Other meanings: submission, humility.
"Marīd": sick, ill. Opposite: sound. Original meaning: decay, departure from moderateness. Other meanings: decrease, weakness.
"Irhāb": disturbing, causing panic. It is derived from "rahbah", which means: fear. Other meanings: threatening, intimidation, causing horror.
"Wafā’": loyalty, fulfillment of covenant. Opposite: treachery. Original meaning: completeness, perfection.
"Yatīm": a child with no father. It is derived from "yutm", which originally means: singleness
"Aymān" (pl. yamīn): oath, swearing. Original meaning: strength, ability. It was given this name because the one taking an oath strengthens and affirms his statement by it. Other meanings: pledge, covenant, the right side (as opposed to the left side).
"Takbīr": glorification, exaltation. It is derived from "kibr", which means: greatness. Other meanings: declaring something great, like saying "Allahu akbar" (Allah is the Most Great).
"La‘n": expelling, banishing. "La‘n" among people refers to reviling and name-calling.
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"Ittibā‘": following, imitating. Original meaning: tracing the steps of walker and walking after him.
The foundations upon which something is established and without which it cannot be achieved.
"Thawābit" (sing. thābit): what is constant and stable. It is derived from "thubūt", which means permanence. Other meanings: things that are enduring, well-established, and correct.
"Jadal": intense discord. It is derived from "jadal" and "mujādalah", which mean debate, dispute. Original meaning: strength, solidity.
"Al-haqq": the truth, the constant. Opposite: falsehood, error. Other meanings: what is due, necessary, certain.
"Tawāf": going around something.
"Tā‘ūn": plague, a widespread disease that harms people’s mental and physical health. It is also used to refer to death.
"Zhihār": husband saying to his wife: "You are like my mother’s back to me." It is derived from "zhahr", which means the back.
"‘Ajz": weakness. Original meaning: falling behind. Opposite: ability.
"‘Adl": uprightness, just judgment. Opposite: injustice. Other meanings: moderateness.
"‘Īd": return, recurrence, any day where there is a gathering. It is either derived from "‘āda", which is the past tense of the verb "return", or from "‘ādah", which means habit.
"Fudūli": a person who involves himself in matters that do not concern him. It is derived from "fudūl", which means excess, surplus.
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"Fawāt": missing something by not doing it on time. Original meaning: the opposite of catching up with something and reaching it. Other meanings: lapsing, ending.
"Faqīr": a person who has a little money. It is derived from "faqr", which means lack of money. Other meanings: one who owns nothing.
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"Isti‘ādhah": seeking refuge and protection from evils. It is derived from "‘awdh" - which means safety, protection. "ma‘ādh": refuge, stronghold.
"‘Atiyyah": something given. It is derived from "‘atw", which means to take or receive.
"‘Adl": forbidding, preventing, unjustly preventing a woman from marrying. Original meaning: severity, firmness, strength.
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"‘Iwad": compensation, recompense, replacing.
"Kaffārah": expiation. It is derived from "kufr", which means concealing, covering. It was called so because it covers the sin and conceals it as if it was not committed.
"Dalīl": evidence, indicating sign. Other meanings: guide to something.
"Iftrā’" (pl. fira): lying. It is derived from "fary", which means cutting, splitting. Other meanings: slander, oppression, fabrication, pretense.
"Hadīth": spoken speech, something new. It is derived from "hadāthah", which means modernity. Opposite: old.
"Sunnah" (pl. sunan): method, line of conduct, good or bad, nature, destination.
"Iqtidā’": Following someone’s example, copying, imitating.
"Iqālah": annulment, removal. Original meaning: removing harm. It is also said to be derived from "qawl", which means statement - or from "qaylūlah", which means a midday nap. Other meanings: dropping, interruption, abrogation, invalidation, abandonment, replacement.
"Iftā’": the answer to a question. Other meanings: clarification of something obscure or confusing.
Consuming what is forbidden by the Shariah, whether by eating, wearing, riding, or otherwise.
"Inzhār": to grant respite, delay, and postpone. Opposite: hastening. It is derived from "nazhar", which means to behold and see something. Other meanings: deliberation, anticipation, lying in wait.
"Ifādah": pouring, causing to flow, marching, spreading, multiplying.
"Tayyib": delicious, lawful, permissible. It is derived from "tībah", which means safety from evil. Opposite: evil, unlawful. Other meanings: appropriate, nice, easy, pure, clean.
"‘Afw": forgiveness, pardon, refraining from punishment. Original meaning: abandoning, letting go. Other meanings: elimination, effacement, abundance.
"Qist" (pl. aqsāt): justice. "Qast": injustice, oppression. Other meanings: share, portion.
"Shaf‘": even number. It is any number that can be equally divided by two, like two and ten. Opposite: "witr" (single, odd). Original meaning: joining two things. Other meanings: increase, association.
"Ta‘addi": oppression, transgression. Original meaning: exceeding the limit. Opposite: justice. Other meanings: corruption, causing harm.
"Ta‘rīf": informing, clarifying. Opposite: keeping unknown. It is derived from "ma‘rifah", which means knowledge, discernment. It originally came from "‘urf", which means stillness, tranquility. Other meanings: distinguishing, determining.
Legally accepted personal reasoning whose general and special conditions are fulfilled.
Allah's commandments, relating to the acts of the slaves either by way of demand or option.
The divine commandments pertaining to people's deeds, whether they are required to perform a certain deed or leave it or are given the choice.
"Dalīl" (pl. adillah): what leads to something destined. It is derived from "tadlīl", which means indicating something with a sign. Other meanings: sign, supplementary evidence, guide, origin.
Proofs that are established through speculation, opinion, and personal reasoning.
Sources of Islamic legislation whose validity are not debated by the scholars of the Muslim Ummah. They are the Qur’an, the Sunnah, "ijmā‘" (consensus), and "qiyās" (analogy).
"Istiftā’": seeking "fatwa", which is an explanation or interpretation of something. It is derived from "futuwwah", which means strength - and "fata", which means: a strong, young man. Other meanings: inquiring, asking, seeking counsel, exploring.
"Istitā‘ah": the ability to do something. Opposite: inability. It is derived from "taw‘", which means: submission, responding. Other meanings: endurance, likelihood, capability, power.
A science whereby the general proofs of the Islamic jurisprudence are derived, and the manner of applying them is known, along with knowing the state and description of those to whom such proofs are applicable.
Scholars who fulfill the requirements of deducing legal rulings from their proofs.
Non-obligation of man to fulfill religious obligations and financial duties until evidence from the Shariah is established to this effect.
"Tarjīh": giving preponderance, giving preference. It is derived from "rujhān", which means: weight, increase. Other meanings: making inclined, strengthening, giving precedence.
"Khata’": error, slip, unintentional action. Original meaning: swerving from the intended course. Opposite: correctness, deliberateness. Other meanings: sin, guilt, grammatical mistake, or mistake in pronunciation (esp. in reciting the Qur’an).
"Shart": condition, requirement. It is derived from "sharat", which means mark.
"Darūrah": urgent need, necessity. It is derived from "darar", which means: straits, restriction. Opposite: benefit, spaciousness. Other meanings: hardship, severity, poverty.
"‘Āmmi" (pl. ‘awāmm): a noun that is attributed to "‘āmmah", which means multitudes of people. It is derived from "‘umūm", which means: comprehensiveness and encompassing - and from "‘ama", which means blindness. A "‘āmmi" is a person who cannot see the way.
"‘Azīmah'': determination, resolve, volition, obligation, necessity, duty. Original meaning: cutting off sharply. Other meanings: striving, patience, strength, toughness.
"Fāsid": invalid, decayed. Opposite: valid, sound.
A request by the legislator to avoid doing something without making this rule obligatory.
"Mubāh'': allowed, permitted. Opposite: forbidden. Original meaning: spaciousness. Other meanings: visible, licensed, lawful, absolute.
What has been transmitted from the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, of independent reasoning in one of the issues of the religion.
"Mukallaf": a person commanded to do something that needs effort.
Prayers that are missed and not performed in their designated times.
Animals which instinctively attack people and harm them.
A female slave impregnated by her master who then gave birth, whether the newborn was alive or dead.
He who is unable to speak standard Arabic even if he is an Arab.
Any bad words intended to degrade and insult someone.
The language spoken by the Persians.
The signs erected in certain places specified by the Shariah to mark the boundaries of the Sacred Mosque in Makkah and in Madinah.
The sitting position in prayer wherein the worshiper bends his left foot underneath him and sits on it and erects his right foot so that his heel is raised and the bottom of his toes are on the ground with the toe tips pointing to the "qiblah" (prayer direction).
Taking out one fifth of the spoils of war.
Performing prayer or one of its acts that the worshiper has missed doing at its Shariah-assigned place as long as it permits doing so.
Using antimony (eyeliner) in the eyelids for beautification or remedy.
The age period of humans from the time of the birth until reaching the age of puberty.
Anyone who has been captured by the enemy, whether in the battle or not.
Validity of an action according to the Shariah, whereby its consequences come into effect.
Selling money for money, whether they are of the same type and description or are different.
The surface of the earth regardless of whether it is covered with dust or something else.
A designated area used for answering the call of nature.
Joining a child who is of unknown lineage to the man who claims to be his father if certain conditions are met.
Being uncertain about one's state of ritual purity, regardless of whether the two possibilities are even or one of them is preponderant.
One's desire to have sexual intercourse.
Circumambulating (making "Tawaaf") around the Ka‘bah once, starting at the Black Stone and finishing at the Black Stone; or walking once (during Hajj or ‘Umrah in a rite called "Sa‘y") from Mount Safa to Mount Marwah or vice versa.
A relationship between two persons through a close or distant birth.
Forcing someone to do something or quit doing it.
The woman who is owned by her master.
A joint enterprise between two or more persons to conduct some business.
The one who has the right to join to his possession the share of his neighbor or partner.
Taking money with the intention of benefiting from it on condition that the borrower returns the same amount to the lender later on.
Regaining mental faculties following a state of intoxication, mental illness, or fainting.
Removing virginity of a woman by sexual intercourse, felony, or the like.
The wounds in a person’s head or face.
Bones of the fingers and toes.
Leaving jihad against the disbelievers for a specific period of time.
A person born with both male and female sexual organs or neither of the two.
The authority that possesses the public funds of the Muslims.
A wrap made of wool or the like that is worn on the feet and covers the ankles.
Removing impurities from one's clothing, body, or a place.
Purification done in order to perform a voluntary, not obligatory, act of worship.
A person who is incapable of reciting Sūrat al-Fātihah properly, neither from memory nor from the mus'haf (physical copy of the Qur’an), even if they can recite other surahs properly.
Emergence of coarse hair around the genitals.
A person's ascription to his paternal line of relatives (his father's family lineage).
Termination of the time designated for the waiting period of the divorced wife according to the Shariah.
Stoppage of bloodflow.
Not doing something despite of being able to do it, whether it be intentionally or unintentionally.
A young camel that has completed one year of age and has started its second year.
Leaning against something and using it for support with any part of the body.
Everything that is edible and sustains the body.
The supreme leadership position in a country.
The disbeliever enemies who neither have a covenant with Muslims nor are granted protection in Muslim lands.
A person’s eligibility to acquire rights, perform duties, and dispose of affairs.
Filling the night, or most of it, with acts of worship such as the prayer, remembrance of Allah, reciting the Qur’an, and so on.
To loosen one's both hands down straight in prayer while standing, and not to clasp them (right hand on the left).
A sum of money refunded to the buyer to compensate him for a flaw in the product.
Water that is clean in itself but does not purify other things.
Water whose volume is less than two "qullahs" (200 liters).
Requesting to know the details of something and explanation related to it
A contract to manufacture an item whereby the seller becomes committed to make the item for the buyer with material that the former provides, with certain specifications, in return for an agreed-upon price.
Seeking foreknowledge of one's fate and luck by using divining arrows and the like.
Request of the leader of the Muslims or his deputy from one or more of his subjects to march out for the fight in the cause of Allah.
Appearance of the white streak of light which stretches across the horizon at dawn, without any doubt about it.
Giving a specific share of the spoils of war to a specific person.
The person who is represented by another to act on his behalf, and he is the one affected by the outcome of this representation.
Punishing someone and disciplining him with every measure that is painful and difficult for him to bear.
Every statement that could be considered a marriage proposal or the like of it.
What the seller demands in exchange for his merchandise.
A dead fetus that falls out of its mother"s womb after its human shape has become visible.
All the weapons of war and fight equipment.
Blood relationship that connects man with others.
The blight that damages whatever it afflicts of crops, property, and the like.
Removing the bond of marriage between a man and a woman and cancelling the marriage contract between them.
Absolving a person from a due debt or an obligation.
Delaying performing the Zhuhr prayer from the beginning of its due time to its last time during extreme heat.
Camel or sheep that bears milk.
A she-camel that has completed its first year of age but has not yet completed its second year.
Ending an assembly and leaving each participant his own way.
The lapse of a specific period of time after which the claim for a right may not be filed, or the execution of a judicial verdict is dismissed.
Providing evidence on the veracity of allegations before the judge in a court of law concerning a right or a certain incident.
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.
Expulsion of the fetus from the womb before it is fully grown or before completing the period of pregnancy.
Paying the price in exchange for receiving the merchandise in a sale transaction.
Established liability for a debt or the like.
The time between the break of dawn and sunrise.
A pile or heap of something without a known weight or measurement.
Sincere affection, love, and companionship between two or more friends.
Setting off one debt against another.
Specifying a price for something based on its lawful benefits.
Coercing someone to do something whose hidden reality contradicts what is apparent thereof, such as a sale.
Caring for the sick person by serving him and treating him according to the instructions of the physician and the craft of nursing.
When two sides or more dispute, with each side claiming to be in the right.
A dwelling in which Christian hermits stay to isolate themselves from people and dedicate themselves to worship.
Giving the warrior more than his share from the war booty (for excellent performance).
Immediate implementation of an action instantly without a delay, such as application of divorce without suspension or deferment.
A pain in the anal canal caused by internal swelling.
A head wound that cuts the skin and tears the flesh but does not cause bleeding.
An intoxicating drink made from honey.
Steam that rises from liquids when their temperatures rise.
Sniping a free wild animal with a hunting tool with the intention of catching it.
One of the wives of a man in a polygamous marriage.
Interests that are necessary for the establishment of the religion and life, such that if all or some of them are missing, life is ruined or disturbed.
The child in its mother’s womb.
The established nobility of a person or his ancestors.
The ability to store information in your brain and to recall it at any time.
Nullity and voidness of a statement or action because it does not comply with Shari‘ah (Islamic law).
Anything that could be used as a shot, whether it is made of stone, clay, iron, or the like.
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.
The place where the wife resides with her husband by virtue of a marriage contract.
Treating diseases of cattle and animals.
Selling or buying something wholesale without estimation by measuring, weighing, or counting.
A sale transaction contingent upon tossing a pebble.
Sale of money for money, whether they are of the same kind or different such as dirhams, dinars, and banknotes.
The sale of an amount of ripe dates that are still on the palm tree based on an estimation of the dates on the ground based on dry measurement.
The time that specifies the beginning of something and its end.
The land which the Muslim ruler allocates for a certain public interest and prohibits anyone from approaching.
Anything by which a person preserves his right from loss.
Repelling something and preventing it from happening
Waiving the corporal penalty for a valid reason.
The prize assigned for the winner of a race.
What is left of one's life.
A statement by which a person requests establishing his due right upon another person.
Anything that is used as a means and a way to achieving something else.
The plant that results from sowing seeds in the soil.
Concealing someone else's defect and not revealing it to people.
What is sensed through tasting with the tongue, i.e. sweetness or bitterness.
It is when the injury and its effect extend to other part of the body
A woman who is physically unable to bear children, or an infertile man.
Buyer’s right to cancel or continue the sale contract of an animal if the seller deceived him by falsely showing that the animal produces a large amount of milk.
Establishing the right of the buyer to proceed with the contract or cancel it when he sees the purchased commodity if he had not seen it at the time of making the contract or before it.
The right of either one of two contracting parties to annul a contract or conclude it if he finds a defect in the commodity or the price.
The seventh month of the lunar calendar.
The twelfth month of the Hijri calendar, after Dhul-Qa‘dah
The eleventh month of the Hijri calendar, comingwhich comes after Shawwāl and precedingprecedes "Dhul-Hijjah."
Selling something before having full possession of it and authority to dispose of it.
The sale in which a person who lives in a city or village sells goods on behalf of another who lives in the desert, or on behalf of a non-resident, even if he is not a Bedouin.
Making two sale agreements in one contract
The consequences of an action and the rights that it involves.
Exposing oneself or someone else to deceit, risk, or destruction.
Repeating the words of Adhān (call to prayer), and saying it twice.
Separating people who are sitting next to each other in order to pass between them.
Throwing impurity into something pure.
A man's lack of jealousy for his wife and his "Mahram" (permanently unmarriageable) female relatives whom he is prohibited from marrying.
The imam appointed by the ruler or his representative to lead the congregational prayer.
Total amount of money used to purchase goods with the intention of selling them to gain profit.
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.
The two testicles.
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 niche in the wall of the masjid in the direction of the "qiblah" (prayer direction) where the imam stands to lead the prayer.
Small insects
A valley between Mina and Muzdalifah which is not part of either of them.
The sitting in between the two prostrations during the prayer.
A man's dependents.
Seeking to fight the disbelievers, who are at war with Muslims, in their land with the permission of the Muslim ruler or his deputy.
Fixed assets such as houses, palm trees, etc.
The part of the rear of the foot that touches the ground.
A condition that prevents reproduction in males and females.
It is breaking the covenant and not fulfilling one"s responsibility towards it.
"Qadā’ al-haqq": repayment of debt and delivering it to the creditor.
A certain measure that is one out of twenty-four parts.
A white volatile crystalline substance with an aromatic smell and bitter taste. It is solid and can be crushed.
Someone who steals the property of another with force and harm, whether this is done secretly or openly.
The person upon whom the validity of the marriage contract is contingent, such as father, his agent, or the like.
The tenth day of the month of Dhul-Hijjah. It is the day of Eid al-Adha.
The ninth day of Dhul-Hijjah.
The bone in the wrist joint below the thumb.
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.
The breaching of covenants and contracts that have been concluded.
Refusing to take an oath that is required by the Shariah.
Taking someone else’s property openly, forcibly, and without giving him anything in return.
Having the authority to do a particular action on behalf of another so that the outcome of the action would benefit the represented person.
Wealth left with someone in order to keep it without paying a fee.
A child born through unlawful sexual intercourse.
Testimonies given by the spouses against one another, supported by oaths that involve an invocation of Allah's curse on the part of the husband and an invocation of Allah's wrath on the part of the wife.
A contract of a designated usufruct of an item for a specific time in exchange for a specific return.
Giving a piece of land to someone to cultivate it in exchange for receiving a share of its produce such as the half or so.
Single (spouseless) men or women, regardless of whether they were previously married or not.
Previously married woman whose husband has died or divorced her.
The weaker of two opposed pieces of evidence, which is outweighed by the other, and thus it is preferable to act upon the other.
An increase in the price of a commodity made by two or more people, so the one who pays the highest price gets the sale contract.
The illness which most probably leads to death and which is actually succeeded by death, even if the cause of death is different.
Saying ‘amen’ at the end of a supplication made by another person.
Placing one or both hands on the middle of the body during prayer.
The stage in a human being's life in which he approaches puberty.
A calf that has completed its first year of age and started its second year.
A wooden musical instrument in the shape of a tube with holes along its length and an opening at each end. The flute player blows into the opening to produce sounds.
Taking water as provision and carrying it in order to use it for drinking, watering, and the like.
Permitting the benefits of some property on a permanent basis, and dedicating its asset to a charitable purpose with the aim of drawing close to Allah.
Taking a female slave as a concubine by her master.
Lending money, out of kindness, to someone to benefit from while expecting to return the same amount or something equal to it.
Exposing a person's faults by the ruler and announcing that to the people out of reprimand for that person and those like him.
Whatever a person does willingly and leads to a consequence under the Shariah, whether this consequence is for the benefit of the doer or not.
When a slave moves from the status of slavery to that of freedom.
The most likely place where something could exist.
Persistence and effectiveness of a contract and impossibility of annulling it except with a legitimate reason.
A joint partnership between two individuals in which one offers capital while the other offers work on the condition that the profit is shared between them according to their agreement.
Exchanging two things between two parties with the intention of having/transferring the ownership of the exchanged items.
A condition that adversely affects the body and health.
Legally trained animal for hunting, according to experts.
A person who is missing while there is no news about him or his location, and it is unknown whether he is alive or dead.
The body part between the elbow and the hand.
Talking loosely with others out of kindness and affection without insulting or demeaning them.
One's grandson from his son or his daughter down to all levels.
The coming out of a nullifier of ablution from the body unintentionally during prayer.
The absolute preponderance of one side over the other in such a way that the other side is totally discarded.
Giving freedom of choice to the one qualifed for religious obligations in ceratin matters
Sheep and cattle that doesn’t have marrow in its bones.
Harboring hatred and ill-will towards a person.
Leaning towards one side while walking because of a defect in the leg.
Consummation of marriage with a woman.
Playing musical instruments and singing.
Firm decision to do or leave something.
Everything that has a pleasant smell and can be used as perfume.
A lawful contract whose execution and approval was suspended due to a pending right of another party to it.
Injuring any part of the body of an animal if it can not be captured.
Anything that is apparent to people and nothing is hidden thereof.
It is an apparent consistent quality that accompanies a Shariah ruling in all cases such that it determines whether or not that ruling is applicable.
The hair that grows between the lower lip and the chin.
Something contrary to what is correct without intention.
A group of people belonging to the same lineage that is traced to the same ancestor.
Knowledge of how to ride horses, direct, and control them.
False accusation of adultry without evidence.
Weaning the baby from its mother's breast.
Cutting a blood vessel so as to let blood come out for the purpose of medical treatment.
The meeting place to conduct a sale contract.
Repeated oaths sworn by the kin of a slain person to confirm the accusation of murder.
The old woman who no longer menstruates, or who has no desire for marriage.
Doing to a wrongdoer as he did to his victim (of physical harm).
Someone who acts on behalf of a legally interdicted person for the purpose of maintaining the latter's wealth, without having the right to dispose freely of that wealth.
To preserve oneself against falling into prohibitions or abandoning a command in situations of doubt.
In analogy, it refers to the basic rule, as opposed to the subsidiary rule.
When a man's penis loses its erection after penetration during sexual intercourse, so he does not ejaculate.
The words spoken by the seller, or what substitutes speech, such as writing, gesturing, or the like, to indicate consent.
Unfair price-cutting in sale or purchase.
Buying or selling based on the honesty of the buyer or seller.
Sale involving a person who is ignorant of the value of the commodity and cannot haggle over the price.
A sale in which a seller sells a commodity to the buyer provided that when the buyer returns the commodity the seller should return the money.
Buying a commodity at a certain price and then selling it at the same price, without profit or loss.
The agreement of two opponents to accept the judgment of a certain person on resolving the dispute between them.
Sale with the condition that whenever the seller pays back the money, the buyer must return the purchased item.
Sale with the condition that whenever the seller refunds the purchase price, the buyer shall return the sold item.
Light punishing or disciplining for wrong-doing by those in charge, other than the judge, for the sake of rectification.
Replacing the apparent meaning of the word with another different meaning.
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.
Rubbing a chewed date or the like on a baby's palate so that its sweetness runs down their throat.
It refers to an adult and sane Muslim who shuns major sins and does not persist in minor ones, and he mostly behaves correctly and refrains from such acts that prejudice the sense of honor.
Exhorting Muslims to fight their enemy in the Cause of Allah, by encouraging them to seek the reward in the Hereafter or a share in the spoils of war.
Confirming the presence of the cause, upon which there is an agreement based on a text, consensus or deduction, concerning a disputed case.
The animal that feeds mostly on filth and impurities.
Lashing a person with a whip a stipulated number of times with special conditions.
Lack of knowledge about the sale item, its price, or the like.
A high level of quality and value that something reaches because it is made with precision or the like.
The embryo inside the female's womb.
The joint connecting the forearm with the hand.
A single sheep or goat.
Standing up on the ground in an upright position.
Anything that covers the body or part of it, whether made of wool, leather or the like.
Coins (metal currency) which carry a stamp produced by the government authority.
A word whose meaning cannot be understood independently, but something else explains and clarifies it.
The opinion that is supported by strong evidence or that is advocated by many according to the Imams of the schools of jurisprudence.
Placenta or afterbirth; a tissue membrane that develops around the fetus inside the womb to protect it.
Resisting the enemy and struggling with them in the battlefield.
The procedure wherein the ruler confiscates a specific property from its owner by force and turns it into state property without compensation to the owner.
Any big city that has a ruler who applies the rulings of the Shariah and carries out the corporal punishments prescribed for crimes.
Categorical proof that provides knowledge and evidence that reveals the truth.
It is the destruction of the disbelievers in Hellfire on the Day of Judgment.
Clarifying the speech to the listener and revealing its meaning, whether with words or actions.
The report narrated by one person or more and did not reach the level of "tawātur" (multiplicity of the sources of a report).
Any territory where laws of disbelief prevail and where the Muslims have no power or authority.
A place to which people who have declared their disobedience to the ruler based on an incorrect interpretation of a Shariah text move once they overcome him.
Seizing something swiftly in plain sight and running away with it.
Perceiving something and realizing its reality through deep thinking and contemplation.
Male and female friends, who secretly have sexual relations with each other.
Breaching the covenant that was given to the disbelievers by transgressing against their lives, wealth, or honor.
Non-fulfillment of what a person has promised or undertaken to do.
What a warrior wears to protect his body from the enemy’s weapons.
Failure to do something as prescribed by the Shariah.
Self-essential meaning
Optimal divorce is when a man divorces his wife once while she is in a state of purity in which he has not had sexual intercourse with her until her waiting period ends.
The lote (buckthorn) tree whose leaves are mixed with water after being crushed to be used in cleaning and in "ruqyah" (Shariah-approved method for healing).
It is to change the shape of images to the point that they no longer resemble the creation of Allah, the Almighty.
Surrender and submission to something and acceptance of its consequences entirely, without any hesitation.
Requesting aid from someone else in times of dire need.
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.
Seeking the establishment and affirmation of a right through a certain means with the purpose of preserving it.
A title in Christianity for the clergyman above the priest and below the archbishop.
The time of offering the "Duha" (forenoon) prayer begins after the sun has risen with the brightest light and by the height of a spear.
A person who is unable to see during nighttime but can see during daytime.
The places where camels habitually stay.
To charge with burdensome tasks beyond one's power and capability.
Light and short sleep.
Misappropriation of trust.
The uncircumcised person.
Aloud sound made by a living being, such as a human being or the like.
Hearing the speech in the proper manner, understanding its intended meaning, and then memorizing it and being committed to it.
Lowering one's head inclining it toward the ground during prayer.
A near-black quality type of dates grown in Madinah. It protects against magic, poison, etc.
A decorated toy made of wood or a similar material in the image of a human being for girls to play with.
The time between the disappearance of the red twilight until the end of the first third of the night.
Correctness in all statements, actions and intentions.
Specific verses from the Noble Qur’an that require prostration once they are read or heard.
The four verses of Sūrat-un-Noor that explain the rulings of the "li‘ān" (oath of condemnation), which is sworn by the two spouses, in detail
A word that has same spelling and several meanings.
Certain verses in the Qur’an upon reciting or hearing it one should perform a prostration.
Parting company with the main Muslim body by opposing the scholars' consensus and what is valid and correct.
Reasoning and contemplation to extract the sound aspect of a matter and to reach the preponderant view regarding it based on the strongest assumption.
Anything that is approved by reason or known through human intellect.
Everything that Allah and His Messenger, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, have prohibited from committing or violating.
Disclosing the flaws of a person to make him known for them among people.
Testifying the due right of someone over another person based on knowledge and certainty for the sake of Allah, without any diversion, deletion, or addition.
Corruption that harms one"s soul or body physically or spiritually.
To verbally or physically harm someone in their body, wealth, or honor.
Having accurate and deep understanding of matters.
Joy and delight at the attainment of a benefit either for oneself or for someone else.
Engaging in words, deeds, or beliefs which are neither obligatory nor recommended.
Fulfillment of others' rights when dealing with them and refraining from hurting them.
To keep away from fornication and what is related to it or leads to it.
Controlling the tongue by refraining from excessive swearing, avoiding breaking oaths, and observing the due expiation upon breaking an oath.
Doing something precisely and preventing it from being flawed or defective.
Establishing proof to confirm something or refute it.
Mutual debt cancellation.
Certain conditions that affect one's competence of performing Shariah duties either by elimination or diminishing.
A woman who assists the pregnant woman at the time of delivery and takes the baby as it comes out.
Whatever the Muslims gain as booty from the disbelievers without fighting.
Weaning a child by cutting him off breastfeeding.
"It is burning the skin with a heated instrument for therapeutic purposes
Buried riches.
The one who dies leaving neither children nor parents.
The woman whose husband divorced her thrice and has become unlawful for him unless she marries another man.
Seeking support and help from another in fighting the enemy.
A long piece of cloth wrapped around the head in a round shape.
The Muslims' overcoming of the disbelievers and their seizing of their lands.
A woman's extended stay in her family home after reaching the age of marriage or maturity without getting married.
It is that a term includes all its possible meanings in a certain context.
Retrieving one’s right from the other.
Violating others' rights or special authority without their permission.
Fighting an external enemy by using weapons.
Wanting something, while being keen on getting it and longing to have it.
The proper performance of a deed by someone who is competent for religious duties in a way that he is not required to do it again.
Anything people who are competent for religious duties according to the Shariah say, do, or believe.
The possibility to perform an act of worship at the end of its prescribed time without being blamed for doing so.
The laws of previous heavenly-inspired religions that were authentically transmitted to us, Muslims.
A term that signifies all individuals subsumed under it, without limitation.
A general comprehensive rule through which deduction of legal rulings is derived from the detailed proofs.
A number of sciences which are used as a means to understanding the Qur’an and the Sunnah.
Laughing loudly and intensely in a way that those around him can hear it.
Multiple words that express a comprehensible meaning.
The soft muscular part between the skin and the bones.
The hair that grows on the skin of camels and rabbits.
To inform someone of a religious ruling without obliging him to apply it.
It is what grows on the skin of the sheep.
The decision of the owner of a slave-woman to let her reside with her husband and not use her services.
Lying down on the ground on one's side.
The apparent parts of the body that are attached to the human body.
Sending a dog or so to hunt game (a wild animal or bird).
Waste matter discharged from the bowels.
Parts of the human or animal body that are distinct from other body parts.
Attacking the enemy by surprise in order to take their wealth and lives, and to assault them.
Separating and distinguishing the property of someone from that of his partner.
Father and forefathers to whom one's lineage is related.
To wear a ring on one's finger.
Taking a sufficient amount of food to give the body strength and protection from illness, without which the body will decay.
Seeking sustenance/livelihood by lawful means.
The opening through which feces exit the body.
A piece of metal or stone, different in weight, put on one side of the scale to weigh things with.
"Sukūt" is a state in which the person praying behind the Imam does not recite loudly in a congregational prayer when the Imam recites with an audible voice.
A disease that affects a limb of the body, damaging them gradually, until the person dies (Gangrene).
A deep hole in the ground from which water, oil, or the like is extracted.
Hastening to end the life of the wounded.
Liquids and fluids that are drunk and not chewed, whether they are Halal (lawful to eat) or not.
Everything that the wife possesses in her marital house.
A bird with a white belly, a green back, and a large head and beak which hunts small birds.
A female sibling born of one's parents or either of them.
Any container that is made to use for cleaning, eating, or drinking, etc.
Falling from a high place
Limiting and restricting a person's movement such that he cannot move from one place to another.
Dry land.
Turning one’s face and/or body to the right or the left.
Anything that covers one's body or part of it, whether it is made of wool, leather, or the like.
The joints on the back side of the fingers.
A slight and silent laughter.
Adult woman.
Dysfunction of a bodily organ.
The month that comes after the month of Ramadan.
The time between sunset and the break of the true dawn.
The ablution that is made while the previous ablution is still valid.
It is the ablution that is prescribed for an act of worship while the act of worship is still valid without it.
Combing, brushing, cleaning, and beautifying the hair.
Degrading something, having contempt for it, and not preserving and honoring it.
The time interval allocated for benefiting from water in irrigation or cultivation and the like.
The visible fleshy part that surrounds the mouth.
The edge of the eyelid, on which eyelashes grow.
The flesh that surrounds the woman's vagina from both sides.
Frequently visiting Al-Masjid al-Harām and populating it by performing Hajj and ‘Umrah uninterruptedly.
Examining particular instances, or majority of such instances, to apply their ruling to a general instance that includes them.
A man's claim that he is the father of a person whose lineage is unknown.
Leaning against something and relying on it.
Losing consciousness and the ability to move because of illness.
A duration of time equivalent to twelve lunar months.
A drink that is made from barley, grapes, and other ingredients.
A bird of prey from the falcon species, characterized by its long wings.
The register wherein the judge records judicial verdicts and relevant information.
A land-dwelling or sea-dwelling reptile whose body is encased in a hard bone-like shell.
A title used for an issue related to the science of inheritance which includes: the wife, the mother, two daughters, twelve brothers, and a sister or a paternal sister
Removing "hadath" (ritual impurity) or filth, which do not allow one to pray, by using water.
A container for food and drink
Throwing dates or raisins and the like in water to make it sweet and remove its salinity.
The state of elation a person experiences when drinking alcohol.
Erection of a man's penis and its arousal due to sexual desire.
Exiting of the fetus from the mother's belly and disconnecting from it before completing its due time.
Debris of a destroyed building.
Death of the beneficiaries of an endowment.
A model that shows the description and essence of something.
A rotten, foul odor in the mouth.
A leafy green plant with a thick trunk and fragrant foliage used in the graves and other buildings.
Firmly closing a door or so to prevent it from being opened.
A judge's ruling that a person has reached the age of majority (legal age) indicating that he has become able to dispose of his property sensibly and to manage it and develop it.
Repairing what has fallen into disrepair.
Medicines or other means used for treating poison.
Modifying something and making it appear contrary to its reality.
Compensation given in return for service or utility.
A man who has no facial hair though he is past puberty.
Water that has been altered in some or all of its properties because of remaining stagnant without having mixed with another material that might have altered it.
A person who works for another in return for a wage.
A specific case of division of inheritance where the total shares become 27 instead of 24.
Someone who mispronounces a letter by altering its sound into another due to a defect in his tongue.
An inheritance-related case wherein the heirs were seventeen females: three wives, two grandmothers, four half-sisters from the same mother, and either eight full sisters or eight half-sisters from the same father.
It is the outermost fibrous membrane separating the skull from the brain.
The designation of an inheritance case comprising a husband, a mother, two full sisters or paternal sisters, and two or more maternal siblings.
Cutting grass and collecting it for the purpose of owning it.
Gathering firewood, such as tree branches, boughs, and twigs, with the intention of owning it.
Use of flaming fire to bring about an effect on an item.
Giving someone a servant to serve them and look after their affairs.
The connection with the deceased through blood relation.
To pour liquid and spill it from a higher place.
Physical desire and need for women.
It is when a rider allows someone else to ride behind him on his mount.
Granting the benefits of an immovable property (to someone).
Asking a person who was formerly Muslim and became an apostate (a disbeliever) to repent and return to Islam.
Allocating of a share of money by the ruler from the Muslim Treasury to some of those who deserve it.
The arrows that the Arabs used in pre-Islamic times as an augury to predict whether a matter was good or evil in order to make a decision regarding it.
Excluding some elements covered by a general phrase from its ruling by using special Arabic articles of exception, such as "illā" or the like.
Requesting to take a sum of money to be returned in the future.
Taking something back after it had been transferred to someone else.
The divorced woman beautifying herself and presenting herself to her husband to tempt him to take her back (in case of a revocable divorce).
Adjusting the fractions when the shares of inheritance are not fully divisible between the number of heirs.
It refers to admission of the slave having a contract of manumission that they are unable to pay the amount stated in the contract.
Water that is flowing in a level or a sloping place.
Removing what prevents one from praying of impurity or "hadath" (state of ritual impurity) with water or what substitutes it, such as soil/dust/sand or the like (by making "tayammum" [dry ablution]).
Water which has one or more of its characteristics altered because of mixing with a pure substance.
Water that falls off the parts of the body during ritual purification.
Pure water that has been heated through exposure to the sun.
Turning a free human being into an owned slave.
Looking at something with the intention of selecting it.
Using a lamp for illumination.
Having sexual intercourse with a woman, whether she is a wife or a slave woman.
Touching the Black Stone with the hand or kissing it with the lips.
Mutual enjoyment between the spouses through sexual intercourse, foreplay, kissing, etc.
It is to request extra time in order to fulfill a certain task.
Prevalence of doubt and its frequent influence on a person while performing acts of worship.
Surrendering oneself to the enemy to be taken captive.
Thoroughly wiping or washing every part of the body organ while making ablution or Ghusl (ritual bath).
Resuming prayer from the beginning after it was interrupted for a reason such as breaking the "wudu"" or something similar.
Helping another person, such as a sick person for instance, by enabling him to lean on something for support.
The known body organ that extends from the hand or foot.
Obligating non-Muslims to pay one-tenth of their trade money if they move it from one Muslim country to another.
Performing the voluntary prayer after the "Tarāweeh" (voluntary prayer performed after the ‘Ishā’ in Ramadan).
An engraved metal die used to mint coins.
A head injury that reaches the periosteum, which is the thin membrane that surrounds the skull, between the bone and the flesh.
The bone (tooth) growing inside the human mouth.
The female who is related to one by birth. She could be one's grand-daughter down to all levels.
A container used for drinking and similar purposes.
The ninth month of the Hijri year. It comes after Sha‘baan and before Shawwaal.
Wheat grains.
Infinite time into the future.
Burnt bricks that are used in building.
"Al-Ākharan" is a term in the Hanafi school of thought which refers to the two Imams: Abu Yusuf and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan.
Essential parts of the body.
An evergreen, fragrant tree, with oval leaves and white or pink blooms, having aromatic scented fragrance.
An elevated piece of land that rises over what surrounds it, such as the hillock and the knoll.
A tool that is used to do work, such as a knife for slaughtering, a sword for fighting and exacting retribution, etc.
The present time at which you are in, which separates the past from the future.
Hours and time periods.
Refusing, abstaining from, and not accepting something.
Pollinating palm trees.
Outsiders who are not relatives.
The fleeing of a slave from his master to a different land in an intentional and rebellious manner.
The time at which something appears and is set to take place.
Short-tailed snake.
Catching the beginning of the Friday sermon as the imam starts to deliver it.
Letting something pass to the stomach through the throat without chewing.
Replacing a letter with another or a vowel mark with another during the recitation of the Qur’an in prayer.
A person whose skin was affected by a disease that makes it white and destroys its blood supply and the flesh underneath it.
Silk that is disentangled before the worm leaves the cocoon.
A container with a handle and a spout from which liquids are poured.
A person whose chest extends forward and whose belly and back curve inwards.
Women's genitals.
The one who cannot utter meaningful words, whether congenitally or due to a reason.
Despair of attaining any good.
Conveying that which contains clarification and explanation.
A male offspring born through lineage/blood relationship.
Obscurity and lack of clarity.
Artery that originates from the heart; if it is cut, one dies.
A female donkey
Agreement of two things or more and their sharing the same description, place, type, or etc.
Possessing or using something such as gold or silver containers for decoration purpose or the like.
Putting dust on something for the purpose of purifying it or the like.
A fruit from a citrus tree similar to a large lemon, golden in color and has a pleasant fragrance.
Taking something after weighing it to know its measure.
Authorizing marriage of woman without defining her dowry at the time of the marriage contract.
Accepting a gift and receiving it.
Completing the rites of Hajj and ‘Umrah after initiating them.
A structure built of stones wherein fire is kindled.
Copulation between a man and his wife.
Giving someone money or the like as a reward/compensation.
Damaging something by totally destroying it or eliminating its usefulness by the action of an animal or something else.
Any trace of color, smell, or taste that remains after the removal of an impurity.
A tree with dense branches, a tall trunk, small leaves, and inedible fruits.
A black reddish stone that is crushed to powder and used as kohl (eyeliner).
Perfect honor and deep-rooted esteem.
Bitter and extremely salty water that cannot be used for drinking, watering plants, or any other use.
Harm done by a master against his slave by diminishing his right or charging him with something beyond his capacity.
Causing water to run or flow into land, whether it is yours or someone else's.
The judge's messengers and assistants who are assigned to bring litigants to a court of law.
Speaking in a manner that can be understood in multiple ways.
The one who cannot see in sunlight.
The sound someone makes while coughing.
Increase in the heat of menstrual blood.
A person's cautiousness of letting impurities come in contact with his body, clothing, or the place where he prays.
The left hand, opposite to the right hand.
Name of food prepared on the occasion of marrying a woman.
The original witness asks a secondary (branch) witness to remember his testimony and memorize it accurately so that he would relay it on his behalf (before a judge).
A substance used to dye clothing and the like.
Revoking a concluded contract and its implications, with mutual consent.
When two or more persons participate in work and split the wages between them.
Placing a necklace or belt around the neck.
Being a property that is lawful to benefit from according to the Shariah.
Qualifying a general term with restrictive characteristics and conditions.
Fruits of the date palm tree.
The transfer of the share of an heir to his own heirs by his death before the estate of the first deceased is divided.
Anything that is heard with the ear.
It is when the plaintiff or the witness says what necessitates invalidating his former statement, whether related to the rights of Allah or to the rights of people.
Removing body hair by using a calcareous stone mixed with water, known as "noorah".
The judge’s postponement of issuing a sentence in a court case for some reason.
A chaste old woman who comes out (of her room) and sits with the men, and they discuss things in her presence.
A mental illness similar to insanity that leads to delirium.
A notebook or label containing the description, number, measurements, and specifications of the merchandise in a package or container.
Any tooth other than the incisors (front teeth) and canines.
Strands of hair interlaced with each other.
The curved bones that form the rib cage and side bones.
What entails no liability on anyone in terms of retribution or blood money or value.
A wall built upon the ground.
Treating the place where an organ was cut off to stop the bleeding.
Harvesting crops.
Idleness, unemployment, and abstaining from striving to work.
The established relationship of the descendants to their parents and grandparents by reproduction, such as the sons to the fathers and the like.
Money given to someone to cover the expenses of performing Hajj on behalf of someone else.
A plant used to soothe pain and numb the body organs.
Every quadruped, whether it lives on land or in water.
Launching a surprise night attack against the enemy.
Any dwelling place that has walls and a ceiling.
It is what female animals such as birds and fish lay, from which their offspring emerge.
The box wherein deceased is placed and buried due to a need or a benefit.
A plant that belongs to the Solanaceae family of plants (genus Nicotiana). It is consumed by smoking and chewing and in other ways.
Missing money whose return to its owner is not hoped for.
Anything that cannot exist independently of its source or origin.
The red fluid that flows in the veins of humans and animals.
A type of clothing woven from natural silk.
A molten piece of gold or silver molded into a certain shape.
Dung and waste from animals.
Maintaining the soul and the strength that keeps one alive
The last night of the (lunar) month.
The sour juice of grapes, dates, and the like.
An evil mammalian, terrestrial, ugly animal.
The back end of the turban that falls along the nape.
The uppermost part of the body that contains the eyes, mouth, nose and ears.
The houses and residences that surround a city.
A women's vagina being blocked, impeding having sex her.
The neck that connects the head with the body.
The residue that remains when something is burned.
"Any granddaughter who is related to the deceased person through his son, no matter how many generations are between her father and the deceased. This includes the daughter of the deceased"s son, and the daughter of the deceased"s grandson, and so on, no matter how many generations are between the grandson and the deceased.
Selling a "waqf" (Islamic endowment) whose income or yield has decreased or ceased and then buy what yields better income and make it an endowment.
It is when the seller shows his merchandise to the buyer to be free of defects.
Expansion and increase in spending on food and it's like.
The fetus being connected to the mother in the rulings of slaughtering because the fetus is part of the mother.
Scrutinizing a text to determine the justification for a ruling by discarding insignificant factors and taking into consideration significant factors only.
Deducing the cause of a ruling which is established by (religious) text or consensus.
The father's father or the mother's father, up to all levels in lineage.
Items that are sold by the cubit or meter or similar units of length.
A pubescent male from the children of Adam.
A unit for measuring weight.
A beautiful-looking animal that has a long neck and whose front legs are longer than its hind legs. It is a herbivore.
One who is committed to fulfilling a right, which can be fulfilled on behalf of others.
Moving in prayer from one pillar to another, or from one intention to another.
Seizing something publicly by force.
A legal weight measurement that varies based on the weighable goods as well as countries.
A sac-like organ attached to the liver, where substances which help in the digestion of fatty foods are stored.
An impure liquid that the bladder excretes out of the body.
Pressing and pulling out the remaining drops of urine from one"s penis when cleaning oneself with water.
It is a nerve cord that is connected to the brain and runs down through the spine until the bottom of the backbone.
Scarcity of something.
The visible outward state of something.
A game that includes a box, stones, and a pair of dice. It depends upon luck. The stones are moved according to the numbers that come up on the dice.
Soft garments woven from thin natural threads produced by the silkworm.
Any expression used to indicate something that is exclusive.
Having detailed knowledge of something.
It is that a woman takes precautions regarding the length of her menses.
A black malicious bird.
When food, drink, or the like gets stuck in the throat and does not go down to the stomach.
A predatory bird with strong talons, a short beak, and sharp eyesight.
The woman's dowry when getting married or in similar cases.
A malformation which restricts the movement of the tongue and causes a speech impediment.
A woman who shares one's father's origin.
Swimming and moving through the water.
A body of rainwater remained after a torrent of rain.
A person who can know the lineage of a person based on resemblance and examination of the parts of the body.
The sound that is heard when gas moves inside the stomach before breaking wind or defecating.
A bone that grows on the heads of some animals, such as cows, sheep, and the like.
A hard bone located in the upper part of the nose.
A name of an Islamic unit of measurement equivalent to 12 Sā‘s, and in modern units is equal to 33 liters or 26 kilograms.
A skullcap that is worn on the head and around which a turban is wreathed.
"Qayloolah": midday sleep or rest without sleeping.
A trustworthy, competent adult who is experienced in the profession of writing and is appointed as a scribe by a judge to write witness records and court adjudications.
A slave, male or female, who is in pure slavery and does not have any means whereby he can obtain emancipation, neither sooner nor later.
The commodities that have no equivalents on the market, or have equivalents that are valued disproportionately, such as animals, real estate, etc.
Food prepared for the occasion of celebrating a marriage.
A wide bone behind the upper part of the body that joins the arm with the body
A contract between a slave and his master which states that the slave will pay an amount of money to his master in installments in exchange for his freedom.
A child, whether male or female, young or old.
The first stage of sleep, where the senses become weak and unaware of what is going on around them.
An injury to the head or face that fractures the bones and dislocates them.
An agreement between two individuals or more on the sharing of a specific utility between them.
Food made for a returning traveler.
"It is qualifying a pronouncement of divorce with another term.
A kind of relationship resulting from the removal of slavery from a slave by way of freedom.
Items of value that a tenant introduces in a rented or endowed store, and he is thus their owner.
The saliva that drips from one's mouth.
Passing by a place without stopping.
The places where camels are used to residing and resting, whether perpetually or only temporarily for the purpose of drinking water and the like.
A unit of measuring weight equal to 72 medium-sized grains of barley, equivalent to 4.24 grams.
Words and sounds that are common among a people and which they use to express themselves. Each environment has its own language.
Inability to pronounce some Arabic letters correctly either by leaving out a letter, replacing it, or repeating it.
A piece of garment, veil, or the like used to cover the mouth or the nose.
Pushing and shoving in some place.
Hiding something and avoiding to talk about it.
Something occurring after its designated or usual position, whether pertaining to time or place.
A woman who has stopped menstruating, but does not know why her menses has stopped.
A person whom the judge relies upon and refers to in order to determine the reliability of a witness.
Shedding tears because of fear, grief, and the like.
Excluding some connotations of a general text (expression).
To delay something beyond its Shariah-assigned time or location.
Receiving something and taking it such that it becomes at the taker's disposal.
Each of the two litigants affirming the other's claim.
Drying wet parts of the body with a towel or the like.
A container coated with tar on the inside.
Renting a riding animal or the like to ride it for a certain length of time or a certain distance.
Anything that one plays or amuses oneself with.
A term that indicates one thing without restriction.
The affirmation of parentage and attribution of the child to the father, which could be done on account of a valid reason to establish paternity, such as a valid marriage and the like.
The distance that takes one day or night to be covered by someone walking or riding a loaded animal, equivalent to twenty-four miles (around 44,352 meters).
To prove the opposite of what the opponent has established by proof.
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.
Holding something and handing it over.
An issue of inheritance where full siblings share with half siblings from the father's side along with the grandfather, so when he (the grandfather) takes his share, the siblings inherit as if there is no grandfather sharing with them.
What is taken out of the earth with effort and refinement, like gold.
The meaning that a word indicates without being explicitly expressed by the speaker.
A gemstone that is dark green and very hard.
The area where the human forearm is connected to the hand.
The day or two during which the moon is invisible at the end of the month.
It is when someone lends money to another in a country and asks the borrower to write him a document by which he (the lender) can collect the exchange of his money in another country.
Merging two or more acts of worship of the same kind.
The ivory that is found in the tusks and bones of the elephant and the shell of the sea turtle.
Beast/Animal
An elderly woman.
Anything whose quantity is determined by counting and calculation.
Any open area between houses in which there is no building.
Someone who does not have clothes on his body
The sweet liquid that the bee produces from its abdomen.
The sweetness and pleasure of sexual intercourse.
Magpie; a black and white crow similar to the pigeon in size, with a long tail and short wings.
A precious stone of different colors used for the purpose of adornment.
The attempt to repulse a disease and achieve recovery.
Waste matter of the digested food that leaves the human body through the anus.
The protrusion at the top of the throat.
Placing the lips on something as a sign of sexual desire, veneration, etc.
Killing by doing an unauthorized action.
Food and liquids that come out from the stomach to the mouth.
Homicide committed by a person who is not legally accountable.
Camels, cows, and sheep.
An ovine mammal covered with hair
Any substance in a fluid state.
A small-sized mammal that belongs to the rodent family.
Removing the cover off something and disclosing it.
The rods of arrows without feathers and blades.
Measuring and appraising something, whether in weight, measurement, number, or the like.
A piece of land to which everything above it of buildings and air is annexed.
Any place with buildings that people have taken for living and residence.
Giving a sum of money to a person to invest it in trade in return for an agreed-upon percentage of the profit.
Identifying and sorting out shares using certain measurements.
A dry powdery substance which is applied to the eyes or eyelids as a remedy or as a cosmetic.
Mutual agreement between the two spouses on divorce in return for the woman's absolving the husband of a right that he owes her.
The place where water flows on a level or downward slope.
The place where the judge sits to settle legal disputes and pass judgements.
Anything whose equivalent is available in the market without any significant difference that causes a difference in price.
Inclination of the husband's heart to his wife and his affection for her.
Appointing someone on one's behalf after one's death in order to do something and to preserve his interests.
The divorced woman, whose marriage has been ended.
Scattering seeds on the ground for the purpose of cultivation.
A group of guards ensuring people’s safety and guarding them in residence or in traveling.
State of the weather when there is a drop in temperature below what is moderate.
Setting a specific time in the future for the fulfillment of a right or a duty.
Frozen water pellets falling heavily from the clouds.
A unit for measuring distances. It consists of four "farāsikh", and one "farsakh" equals three miles.
To assert and strengthen the indication of a preceding word by a following word.
To refrain from adornment and wear shabby clothes.
Gold and silver extracted from earth before they are minted into coins (dinars and dirhams).
The jewelry a woman wears, which can be of gold, silver, or the like; or to put it on someone else.
Changing the side of a garment from the right to the left or the otherwise.
A hard, bony material that covers the tips of the fingers and toes of humans and some animals.
The meal eaten at the end of the day and the beginning of the night.
Any metal which people use to pay for goods, except gold and silver.
Name given to the supplies that the bride needs (of clothes, linens, etc) for her marriage.
Tiny moving creatures and vermin of the earth
The son of one's son or daughter.
A husband's male relative, such as his father, paternal uncle, or his brother.
An opening in the face used for speaking, eating, and drinking.
A canine; a domestic tame animal that barks and has fangs.
The description given to an item to denote that it has monetary value and can be utilized in a lawful manner approved by the Shariah.
A place where water runs on the ground for draining.
Oral communication between two or more people face to face.
The female upon reaching an age at which she becomes desirable for men.
Moving on foot at a pace less than that of running.
The employee appointed by the ruler or his deputy to collect due Zakah (obligatory charities) from people.
Husband and wife sleeping under one cover together.
The person sent by the husband to his wife to inform her of divorce.
Discerning lineage through insight and inspecting resemblances in the face and body parts.
A limited interval of time that has an ultimate end.
Using speech that carries two possible meanings, one of which is true and the other is false, with the intention of manifesting that which is false.
Knowledge that is primordial and does not require reasoning or speculation.
The one who is unable to provide a valid opinion, accepts without a proof the opinion of someone whose opinion doesn't have a Shar`iee value in creed issues.
Practicing a certain type of work permanently to earn a living.
The possibility of multiple meanings for a single thing.
Need for something which if not fulfilled will bring about hardship and harm.
The unoccupied space.
Snatching something in the presence of its owner while he is inattentive and running away with it.
The intermingling of parts of things and their gathering in one place.
The existence of something being contingent upon its own existence; either with or without a means.
Terms that could indicate both correct and incorrect meanings in such a way that its meaning cannot be perceived except after scrutinizing and inquiry.
A hidden vein on the sides of the neck, where cupping is performed.
Acquiring something and taking possession of it.
Giving out obligatory charity to the poor by letting him own it.
Lowering one's voice in prayer, rather than using a high tone, while reciting the Qur’an for instance.
A poor weak person who has no money.
The arched bottom of the foot that does not touch the ground while stepping on it.
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.
A small container made of leather to keep water therein.
Something that cannot exist in the real world and can only be imagined.
A state of constant pain and perpetual sickness.
Leaving Muzdalifah and heading for Minā after midnight during Hajj.
Anything that is usually eaten with bread, whether it is liquid or solid.
Tanned or untanned leather.
Knowing something through one of the senses, such as sensing that one’s ritual purification has been nullified, through smell, touch or the like.
A man who has smelly armpits.
Small river.
A person who merges letters together when speaking in a way that is different from the merging of letters that is spoken by normal people.
The return of an injured combatant who sustained heavy wounds and barely alive.
Boundaries and signs that separate lands, houses, etc.
Benefiting from the light of the bulb, the fire, the sun, or the like.
Benefiting of the shade in order to avoid sunlight.
When a person sits during prayer with his buttocks stuck to the ground, his legs held upright, and his hands placed on the ground.
Seeking help and support from the ruler or his deputy to restore justice or remove injustice.
Wearing the garment over one's head or shoulders and letting its edges hang down on both sides, without lifting any of them, while wearing what covers one's "‘awrah" (what should be covered of the body).
Performing something at its earliest time
A long piece of fabric adorned with jewels that a woman wears over the shoulder and across the waist.
Someone with wide mouth corners.
The time when a child reaches the age of puberty and becomes mature.
The edges of the eyelids, where the hair of the eyelashes grows. When closing the eyes, the "ashfār" come together.
The share in a joint property of everything, be it little or much.
A person who permanently and completely loses the ability to use one of their limbs.
A plant that is ground up and used in washing clothes, hands, etc.
Realizing an intended goal by speech or action.
Those whom the judge send to inquire about the state of the witnesses and ask those who know them.
Animal whose thighs are very close to each other while its hooves are very distant from each other and its carpi are curved.
Granting others the produce of trees free of charge for a limited period of time.
To give something to someone by way of transferring its ownership to the recipient.
A collision of two bodies, such as two horsemen, two boats, etc., impacting each other by their weight and power.
Fairness of the judge and his aiding a litigant against the one who wronged him.
The part of a person's body connecting the head to the rest of the body.
"I‘wāz" is unavailability of water for purification after attempting to find it; actually unavailable or considered to be so under the Shariah.
When something is crooked and not as straight as it should be.
A person who has dust stuck to parts of his body.
Urging an animal to hunt by shouting and the like
Equipping a soldier with money, weapons, and the like, and dispatching him to fight the enemy.
Those whom the ruler appoints to assist the judge in carrying out his duties.
Forgiving someone, overlooking his fault and not exposing it.
Releasing something from the possession of someone else by fulfilling what is owed to that person.
Cutting something with the intention of causing damage or not.
Pouring out the liquid that is in a container on the body part.
Cattle with no horns since birth.
A class of things having particular shared characteristics.
Someone with a strong, loud voice.
Quick-spreading condensed vapor that covers the surface of the earth and obscures vision.
A general proposition that incorporates interrelated subdivisions.
What is used to wrap the injured spot such as swathe or the like, whether medication is used or not.
Cooking food on fire.
Hardness and weakness of hearing that does not reach the level of deafness, which is complete loss of hearing.
Something that is free of restrictions and its owner can dispose of it freely.
A piece of clothing which a man puts on his shoulders, head, and back. It is worn over the clothes, and is not sewn or tailored.
Woman sitting inside a howdah, which is a means of transport for women.
A person who has been freed from slavery after having been a slave.
A stranger who has no family who joins another family and counts himself as one of its members.
Transparent liquid secreted by the body because of heat, sickness, and the like.
An elevated place in Mina where pilgrims stone the "jamarāt" (stoning pillars) on the tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah.
The factor that results in the existence of something or causes its occurrence.
Verse number 180 of Sūrat al-Baqarah, wherein Allah speaks about bequeathing wealth to the heirs.
The conclusion of something, and what the premises of a proposition lead to.
The concomitant signification of a word that is not an immediate meaning of it.
Every proposition, whether minor or major, that composes syllogism.
A word indicating part of its signification or meaning.
Interpretation of a term by all of its significations.
A universal matter that is commonly shared by individuals and is subject to variation and division in such a way that if it is found in reality, then it becomes specific to that individual.
Knowledge that is acquired through investigation and logical inference.
Lack of reason that drives one to do what would harm him despite knowing of its bad consequences.
What has one meaning and various names.
The spoken word that has a meaning.
To start doing things with the left hand, the left leg, or the left side.
Anything liable to be separated from the whole.
Using a word to denote a meaning other than its original one if there is a relation between the two meanings and a supplementary evidence for using the alternate meaning rather than the original one.
A word whose form and meaning are concordant
Two things sharing one meaning.
Issues and premises that develop in one's mind without any reason that necessitates acknowledging them.
“Tahāluf” refers to the situation in which each party to the contract takes an oath to affirm his own version and deny the one offered by the other party.
Having several names referring to a single entity.
The divergence between nouns and names.
Forming an image of something in the mind and realizing its essence without any negation or affirmation.
Believing that the Creator is similar to the creature in His attributes or that the creature is like the Creator.
Using words for their original literal meaning.
A term that holds two or more meanings; one of which is more preponderant than the other(s).
When analogy is used in an invalid way to draw a ruling therewith.
Contradiction of an analogy to textual evidence or scholarly consensus.
A person's children and grandchildren, down to all levels.
Tending to agricultural land by digging and plowing it in preparation for cultivation.
Freeing prisoners from the enemy captivity.
One who joins the congregational prayer from the beginning but then misses one or more "rak‘ah" (unit of prayer).
A man whose beard only grows on his chin and not on his cheeks.
Food that a person prepares and invites people to
Asking the Imam (Muslim ruler) for alms, whether it consists of money or anything else.
A small animal from the lizard family, a genus of reptiles that has a rough and rugged body and a broad, spiked, and knotty tail.
Terms and phrases that indicate the will of the speaker and the kind of action he is performing, like a sale transaction and the like.
Making jewelry from gold and silver for the purpose of beautification and adornment.
Any manual or tool-aided craft that a person practices to manufacture things until he becomes skilled at it and it becomes his profession.
That which is missing other than animals, like people and properties.
A male animal copulating with a female animal, or using its semen.
Weak eyesight along with excessive tearing.
Losing the eyesight in both eyes.
Cattle who has completely lost sight in both eyes.
Fresh grapes.
It is an inheritance issue traced back to `Umar ibn al-Khattaab, may Allah be pleased with him, concerning a husband or a wife, plus two parents.
Cattle used for work, like plowing and the like.
When the seller takes responsibility for any flaw in the merchandise while it is in the possession of the buyer for a specific period of time (warranty).
A small nocturnal bird.
Agreement between the leader of a state or his representative and non-Muslims to cease fighting for a given period of time.
A piece of news liable to be either true or false.
A person who acts freely, like an owner, concerning a certain property.
The ability of the eye to see tangible things.
A set of qualities that distinguish females from males.
Considering a two-sided thing, and approaching it from the side that one wills.
Divine commandments that are related to making something a cause, a condition, or an impediment of another thing; or with something being valid, invalid, a concession, to be performed, to be made up for, etc.
Sources of Islamic legislation that are contested by the scholars, such as the sayings of the Companions, etc.
Perception based on the mind's thinking, reflection, and inference.
A word that diverges from others in name and meaning, such as "man" and "horse", which are different.