Sharia Key Words Flashcards
1
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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)
