GLOSSARY
Ahl al-Dhimma – [Lit. the people under protection covenant the Non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government, belonging to the Jewish, Christian or Sabean creed, who, for the payment of a polltax, enjoys security of their persons and property in a Muslim country.
Ahl al-Kitab – [Lit. the people of the Scripture] Jews & Christians.
Awqaf – Religious trusts or endowments.
Dar alHerb – [The Land of Warfare] a country in which peace has not been proclaimed between Muslims and unbelievers.
Dar alIslam – [The Land of Islam] territories in which Islam and Islamic religious law prevail.
F’arida – An enjoined duty; a compulsory act of worship.
Fatwa – A legal Islamic opinion
1-Fiqh – [In the literal sense]: a framework of understanding.
2-Fiqh – [In the terminological sense]: provisions of Islamic law
Ghusl – Major ablution; ceremonial washing of the body.
Halal & Haram – [Respectively] what is lawful and what is forbidden in Islam.
Hijra – The migration of Muslims to Medina
Jahiliyya – (1) The preIslamic era.
(2) The adoption of the pagan practices of that period.
Janaba – A ceremonial impurity (that necessitates ghusl)
Jihad – Striving in the cause of Allah.
Masaleh Mursala – Public interests
Mawali – Non-Arab Muslims
Nafila – An optional, supererogatory practice of worship, in contrast to farida
Ribat – Guarding Muslims from infidels
Sadagat – Supererogatory spending for charity. of Zakat
Tahlil – Uttering the formula of faith: “La ilaha illa Allah”, i.e. (No god but Allah)
Takbir – Uttering the formula “Allahu Akbar”, i.e. (Allah is the Greatest)
Takfir – Judgment of someone as unbeliever
Tasbih – Uttering the formula: “Subhan Allah”, i.e. (Glory be to Allah)
Usul alFiqh – Principles of jurisprudence
Source: Islamic Basics by Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
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