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Glossary
Glossary
• `an: In Hadeeth, "on the authority of".
• `Asr: the Afternoon Prayer.
• aayah (pl. aayaat): "sign", a verse of the Qur'aan.
• Companion (Ar. Sahaabi): a Muslim who met the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam).
• da`eef: "weak", inauthentic (narration).
• Deen: the way of life prescribed by Allaah.
• dhikr (pl. adhkaar): "remembrance", words by which Allaah is remembered and supplicated on doing various actions,
including in prayer.
• Fajr: the Dawn Prayer.
• faqeeh (pl. fuqahaa'): a scholar of fiqh, jurist.
• fatwaa (pl. fataawaa): religious verdict.
• fiqh: the understanding and application of Sharee`ah (divine law) from its sources.
• hadeeth (pl. ahaadeeth): a saying narrated from the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) (whether authentic or not),
regarding his words, actions, or attributes.
• hadeeth qudsi: a narration by the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) on behalf of Allaah.
• Hajj: Pilgrimage to Makkah.
• halaal: permitted under the Sharee`ah.
• haraam: prohibited under the Sharee`ah.
• hasan: "fine", used for a hadeeth which is authentic but does not reach the higher category of saheeh.
• hasan li dhaatihi: a narration which is hasan in itself.
• hasan li ghairihi: a narration which is hasan due to other supporting narrations.
• iftiraash: to sit muftarishan.
• ijmaa`: "consensus"; a unified opinion of scholars regarding a certain issue.
• ijtihaad: "exertion"; the process of arising at a reasoned decision by a scholar on an issue.
• iq`aa': "squatting".
• `Ishaa': the Night Prayer.
• isnaad: the chain of reporters for a narrated saying, linking the collector of the saying with the person quoted.
• isti`aadhah: "seeking of refuge" (with Allaah from Shaytaan).
• istighfaar: to seek forgiveness (from Allaah).
• madhhab: "position (opinion)" of a scholar.
• Madhhab: "school of thought", the sum total of the legal rulings of the founder of that Madhhab, as well as those of his
students and all scholars who adhered to his approach.
• maqloob: "reversed", used for the text of a hadeeth in which an expression has been changed to its opposite, or for an
isnaad in which names of reporters have been interchanged.
• Maghrib: the Sunset prayer.
• makrooh: "disliked"; fiqh terminology denoting an action which is discouraged, and one is rewarded for abstaining from it.
• marfoo`: "raised"; a narration attributed to the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam).
• masaa'il (sing. mas'alah): "that which is asked about"; an issue in fiqh.
• mawdoo`: fabricated, spurious, invented (narration).
• mawqoof: "stopped"; a narration from a Companion.
• mawsool: "connected"; a continuous isnaad.
• mu`allaq: "suspended"; a narration in which its collector omits part of the isnaad to previous authorities.
• mudallis: one who practises tadlees.
• muftarishan: (sitting) on the left foot, which is spread along the ground, with the right foot upright.
• mufti: one who gives fataawaa.
• muhaddith (pl. muhadditheen): scholar of the science of Hadeeth.
• mujtahid: one who is qualified to pass judgments using ijtihaad.
• munkar: "rejected"; a narration which is inauthentic in itself and also contradicts other authentic ones.
• muqallid: one who practises taqleed.
• mursal: "loose"; a narration in which a Successor narrates from the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) directly, i.e.
omitting the Companion from whom he heard it.
• mutawaatir: a hadeeth which is narrated by a very large number of reporters, such that it cannot be supposed that they all
agreed on a lie.
• qiyaas: Analogical deduction of Islaamic laws. New laws are deduced from old laws based on a similarity between their
causes.
• qunoot: "devotion"; a special supplication while standing in Prayer.
• radi Allaahu `anhu/`anhaa/`anhum: "May Allaah be pleased with him/her/them".
• rahimahullaah: "May Allaah bestow His Mercy on him."
• rak`ah: one cycle of standing, bowing and prostrations during Prayer.
• saheeh: "correct"; an authentic narration.
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