"Kafā’ah": equivalence, equality, comparison.
"Wafā’": loyalty, fulfillment of covenant. Opposite: treachery. Original meaning: completeness, perfection.
Anyone who has been captured by the enemy, whether in the battle or not.
Leaving jihad against the disbelievers for a specific period of time.
The disbeliever enemies who neither have a covenant with Muslims nor are granted protection in Muslim lands.
A dwelling in which Christian hermits stay to isolate themselves from people and dedicate themselves to worship.
It is breaking the covenant and not fulfilling one"s responsibility towards it.
The breaching of covenants and contracts that have been concluded.
Any territory where laws of disbelief prevail and where the Muslims have no power or authority.
Breaching the covenant that was given to the disbelievers by transgressing against their lives, wealth, or honor.
Fighting an external enemy by using weapons.
Attacking the enemy by surprise in order to take their wealth and lives, and to assault them.
Turning a free human being into an owned slave.
Agreement between the leader of a state or his representative and non-Muslims to cease fighting for a given period of time.