Part 10

Hudad: limits, boundaries. figh: limits ordained by Allah, prescribed punishments,

Imam: model, exemplar. figs: teligious leader, one who leads the congregational prayer or leads a community.

Iman: faith that also comprises a meaning of submission. Its place is the heart, the tongue and the limbs and it increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience.

Jahiliyyah: Pre-Islamic Ignorance. Technically this refers to the condition of a people before the guidance of Allah reaches them, or the state of a people that prevents them from accepting the guidance of Allah.

Jihad: striving in the Way of Allah to make His Word supreme.

‘Jinn: another creation besides mankind who are invisible to us. They are also subject to the laws of Islam and will be judged in the Hereafter according to how they lived in this life.

Kafir. a rejecter of faith, disbeliever.

Khalifah: pl. khulafé. Successor, representative. figh: of the Prophet (4B), head of the Islamic state. Also called Amir al-Mu‘ninin ot Leader of the Believers.

Khutbah: sermon, lecture. figh: Friday sermon.

Mundafig: bypocrite. figh: one who outwardly displays Islam but inwardly conceals disbelief. This is the worst type of hypocrisy and its possessor is the worst type of disbeliever, there are other lesser

types. Qada: see gadar.

80. Characteristics Of The Hypocrites

Qadar. Allah’s decree of all matters in accordance with His prior knowledge and as dictated by His wisdom.

Qiblah: figh. ditection to which the Muslims pray, towards the ka‘bab.

Riya’: an act of worship undertaken by someone to be seen and ptaised by others and not purely for Allah.

Rugya: recitation used to cure an illness or disease. It can only be done in the Arabic tongue, in words whose meaning is understood, using verses of the Qur’an or supplications of the Prophet combined with the belief that it is only Allah who in reality gives the cure.

Salah: figh: the second pillar of Islam, the prayer.

Salaf: predecessors, commonly employed to refer to the first three

Sawm: figh: fasting, one of the pillars of Islam.

Shahddah: testification, witness. The declaration that none has the tight to be worshipped save Allah and that Muhammad (3) is the Messenger of Allah.

Shariah: divine Islamic law as ordained by Allah.

Shirk: polytheism, associating partners with Allah in matters that are exclusive to Allah.

Sunnah; habit, customary practice, norm and usage as sanctioned by tradition. figh: the sayings, commands, prohibitions, actions, and tacit approvals of the Prophet (2).

Strah: chapter of the Qur’an.

Tafsir. elucidation, clarification, explanation. figh: of the Qur’an.

Taqwa: fearful awareness of Allah, pious dedication, being careful not to transgress the bounds set by Allah.

Tawhid: the foundation stone of Islam, the absolute belief in the Oneness of Allah - His being the sole Creator and Sustainer, His being the only One deserving worship and His being unique with respect to His Names and Attributes.

Ummah: nation, the Muslim nation.

Zakah: figh. one of the pillars of Islam, an obligatory tax levied on a Muslim wealth subject to certain criteria.