{"id":358,"date":"2014-03-25T21:46:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T21:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2014-03-28T12:14:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T12:14:31","slug":"glossary-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/?page_id=358","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Arabic term<\/b><\/td>\nDefinition<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Abd<\/b><\/td>\nSlave, servant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adab<\/b><\/td>\nManners, etiquette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adhan<\/b><\/td>\nCall to come to prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alhamdu lillah<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cPraise be to Allah\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allahu Akbar<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cAllah is All-Great\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Alayhis salam [Abbrev<\/i>. as]<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cPeace be upon the Prophets or angels\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Alim<\/b><\/td>\nScholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ansar<\/b><\/td>\nMuslim residents of Madinah who helped the Messenger of Allah [saws] and those who emigrated from Makkah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Aqeedah<\/b><\/td>\nIslamic doctrine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Ashura<\/b><\/td>\nTenth day of Islamic month of Muharram<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Asr<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory afternoon prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Astaghfirullah<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cI seek Allah\u2019s forgiveness\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Awqaf<\/b><\/td>\nIslamic charitable trust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Awrah<\/b><\/td>\nPrivate parts that must be covered<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ayah<\/b><\/td>\nVerse of the Qur\u2019an<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bay\u2019ah<\/b><\/td>\nOath of allegiance to Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bid\u2019ah<\/b><\/td>\nInnovation in religion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birr<\/b><\/td>\nRighteousness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Da\u2019i<\/b><\/td>\nA person calls people to Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dajjal<\/b><\/td>\nAnti-Christ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Da\u2019wah<\/b><\/td>\nCalling people to Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deen<\/b><\/td>\nReligion of Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dhikr<\/b><\/td>\nRemembrance of Allah [swt]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dhuhr<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory noon prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinar<\/b><\/td>\nGold currency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dirham<\/b><\/td>\nSilver currency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du\u2019a<\/b><\/td>\nSupplication to Allah [swt]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duha<\/b><\/td>\nForenoon prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunya<\/b><\/td>\nThis world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fajr<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory dawn prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fard<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fard kifayah<\/b><\/td>\nCommunal obligation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fard \u2018ayn<\/b><\/td>\nIndividual obligation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fatwa<\/b><\/td>\nReligious verdict<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fiqh<\/b><\/td>\nIslamic jurisprudence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fitnah<\/b><\/td>\nTrial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fitrah<\/b><\/td>\nNature of man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghayb<\/b><\/td>\nKnowledge of the unseen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghusl<\/b><\/td>\nRitual bath after sexual intercourse and menstruation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hadith<\/b><\/td>\nSayings, actions and approvals of the Messenger of Allah [saws] as narrated by his Companions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hadith Qudsi<\/b><\/td>\nAllah\u2019s speech, other than the Qur\u2019an, as narrated by the Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hajj<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory once-in-a-lifetime major pilgrimage to Makkah for Muslims with means<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halal<\/b><\/td>\nPermissible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halqah<\/b><\/td>\nStudy circle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haram<\/b><\/td>\nProhibited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hasan<\/b><\/td>\nAcceptable hadith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haya\u2019<\/b><\/td>\nShyness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hilal<\/b><\/td>\nCrescent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hijab<\/b><\/td>\nMuslim woman\u2019s clothing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hijrah<\/b><\/td>\nMigration of Prophet [saws] and his Companions from Makkah to Medina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Eid<\/b><\/td>\nMuslim festival to commemorate end of Hajj or fasting in Ramadan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Iddah<\/b><\/td>\nWaiting period to be observed by divorced woman before she can marry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Ijma<\/b><\/td>\nConsensus of the scholars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Ijtihad<\/b><\/td>\nJudgement based on Qur\u2019an and Sunnah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imam<\/b><\/td>\nLeader of community or prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iman<\/b><\/td>\nFaith, belief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iqamah<\/b><\/td>\nCall to commence prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Isha\u2019<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory night prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isnad<\/b><\/td>\nChain of narration of hadith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I\u2019tikaf<\/b><\/td>\nSpiritual retreat in mosque in last ten days of Ramadan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jahili<\/b><\/td>\nRelating to the period of ignorance before Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jahiliyyah<\/b><\/td>\nPeriod of ignorance before Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jama\u2019ah<\/b><\/td>\nMuslim congregation or community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janazah<\/b><\/td>\nFuneral prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jannah<\/b><\/td>\nParadise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jibreel<\/b><\/td>\nAngel Gabriel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jihad<\/b><\/td>\nStriving for Allah\u2019s Cause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jilbab<\/b><\/td>\nMuslim woman\u2019s loose outer clothing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jinn<\/b><\/td>\nAllah\u2019s creation of beings from fire and smoke with Satan as their most famous member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jumu\u2019ah<\/b><\/td>\nFriday congregational prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kafir<\/b><\/td>\nDisbeliever of Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khalifah<\/b><\/td>\nMuslim rulers who succeeded Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khamr<\/b><\/td>\nAlcoholic drink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khilafah<\/b><\/td>\nKhalifah\u2019s period of leadership<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khutbah<\/b><\/td>\nSermon given in Friday congregational prayer, \u2018Eid prayer and on marriage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kufr<\/b><\/td>\nDisbelief of Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La ilaha illa Allah<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cThere is no god worthy of worship except Allah\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laylat al Qadar<\/b><\/td>\nOne of the odd-numbered nights in the last ten days of the Islamic month of Ramadan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maghrib<\/b><\/td>\nSunset prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Makruh<\/b><\/td>\nDisliked but permissible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mahram<\/b><\/td>\nMan prohibited to marry a woman and therefore allowed to be in her presence alone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Masjid<\/b><\/td>\nMosque<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madhhab<\/b><\/td>\nSchool of Islamic thought<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minbar<\/b><\/td>\nSteps mounted by Imam when delivering sermon in Friday congregational prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mufassir<\/b><\/td>\nScholar who interprets the Qur\u2019an<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muhajir<\/b><\/td>\nMuslims who migrated to Medina with Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mujahid<\/b><\/td>\nA person who exercises judgement based on Qur\u2019an and Sunnah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mujahid<\/b><\/td>\nA person who strives in Allah\u2019s Cause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muharram<\/b><\/td>\nFirst Islamic month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Munafiq<\/b><\/td>\nOvertly Muslim person who does not believe in Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Munkar<\/b><\/td>\nRejected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Musalla<\/b><\/td>\nPrayer place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mushrik<\/b><\/td>\nA person who associates partners with Allah [swt]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nafl<\/b><\/td>\nVoluntary Islamic acts or worship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qadar<\/b><\/td>\nAllah\u2019s Decree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qadi<\/b><\/td>\nJudge in Islamic court<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qawwam<\/b><\/td>\nProtector and maintainer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qiblah<\/b><\/td>\nPrayer direction towards to Al-Ka\u2019bah in Makkah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qiyam al layl<\/b><\/td>\nStanding in voluntary night prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radiy Allahu \u2018anhu\/\u2019anha\/\u2019anhuma\/\u2019anhum [Abbrev<\/i>. ra]<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cMay Allah [swt] be pleased with him\/her\/two of them\/more than two of them\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rak\u2019ah<\/b><\/td>\nUnit of prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruku\u2019<\/b><\/td>\nBowing in prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sadaqah<\/b><\/td>\nVoluntary charity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sahabah<\/b><\/td>\nCompanions of Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sahih<\/b><\/td>\nAuthentic hadith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sahur<\/b><\/td>\nPre-dawn meal consumed before fasting next day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salaf<\/b><\/td>\nCompanions of Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salah<\/b><\/td>\nIslamic prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salam<\/b><\/td>\nIslamic greeting of peace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sall Allahu \u2018alayhi wa sallam [Abbrev<\/i>. saws]<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cMay Allah\u2019s peace and praise be upon the Prophet\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanad<\/b><\/td>\nChain of narration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shahadah<\/b><\/td>\nTestimony of Islamic faith or martyrdom in Allah\u2019s Cause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shahid<\/b><\/td>\nMartyr in Allah\u2019s Cause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sham<\/b><\/td>\nMiddle-East region including Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shari\u2019ah<\/b><\/td>\nPrimary Islamic law of Qur\u2019an and Sunnah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shawwal<\/b><\/td>\nTenth Islamic month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shaytan<\/b><\/td>\nSatan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shirk<\/b><\/td>\nAssociation of partners with Allah [swt]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sirah<\/b><\/td>\nBiography of Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Siyam<\/b><\/td>\nFasting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subh<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory dawn prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subhanahu wa ta\u2019ala [Abbrev<\/i>. swt]<\/b><\/td>\nExalted is Allah above weakness and indignity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sujud<\/b><\/td>\nProstration in prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunnah<\/b><\/td>\nTeaching, guidance and way of the Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Surah<\/b><\/td>\nChapter of the Qur\u2019an<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tabi\u2019i<\/b><\/td>\nStudent of Companions of the Prophet [saws]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tafsir<\/b><\/td>\nInterpretation of the Qur\u2019an<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tahajjud<\/b><\/td>\nVoluntary night prayer between \u2018isha\u2019 and fajr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tahlil<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cThere is no god worthy of worship except Allah\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tajwid<\/b><\/td>\nPhonetically correct recitation of Qur\u2019an<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Takbir<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cAllah is All-Great\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taqlid<\/b><\/td>\nBlind following of schools of Islamic thought<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taqwa<\/b><\/td>\nConsciousness of Allah [swt]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tasbih<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cExalted is Allah\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tashahhud<\/b><\/td>\nLast part of the prayer in which the testimony of faith is recited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tayammum<\/b><\/td>\nRitual ablution with clean earth for prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taslim<\/b><\/td>\nSaying Islamic greeting of peace to finish the prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tawaf<\/b><\/td>\nCircumambulation of the Ka\u2019bah during pilgrimage to Makkah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tawhid<\/b><\/td>\nBelief in the oneness of Allah [swt] in His Essence and Attributes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Ulama<\/b><\/td>\nIslamic scholars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ummah<\/b><\/td>\nNation of Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2018Umrah<\/b><\/td>\nVoluntary minor pilgrimage to Makkah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wahy<\/b><\/td>\nRevelation from Allah [swt]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wajib<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory act of worship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Witr<\/b><\/td>\nVoluntary night prayer with odd number of rak\u2019ah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wudu\u2019<\/b><\/td>\nRitual ablution with water for prayer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yawm \u2018Arafah<\/b><\/td>\nNinth day of twelfth Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zakah<\/b><\/td>\nObligatory charity tax on wealth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zalimun<\/b><\/td>\nWrongdoers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zina<\/b><\/td>\nAdultery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arabic term Definition \u2018Abd Slave, servant Adab Manners, etiquette Adhan Call to come to prayer Alhamdu lillah \u201cPraise be to Allah\u201d Allahu Akbar \u201cAllah is All-Great\u201d \u2018Alayhis salam [Abbrev. as]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-islam.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}