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1
Q

sharia

A

literally “the way to the watering hole”

Islamic Law, the rightly guided path, Gods law

2
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qiyas

A

analogy

3
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hadith

A

REPORTS of what the prophet said, did, approved and disapproved of, implicitly or explicitly

4
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fiqh

A

law

5
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ijma

A

consensus of scholars

6
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taqlid

A

loyalty to the views of the legal scholars NOT independent reasoning

7
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mustahab

A

preferred, commendable

8
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Al mu’amalat

A

commercial and civil acts or dealings under Islamic law

9
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lailat al miraj

A

festival that remembers the night journey

10
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Al-ibadat

A

Sharia Law that governs worship

11
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Haram

A

absolutely forbidden

12
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Isnad

A

demanding a source

13
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Sunnah

A

what the Prophet said, did, approved and disapproved of, implicitly or explicitly

14
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qadis

A

Islamic judge

15
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urf

A

laws based on custom (cultural)

16
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wajib / fard

A

obligatory

17
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Makruh

A

discouraged, reprehensible

18
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madhhab

A

Islamic school of law