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Glossary terms
List of terms used in taxonomy "glossary".
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| Term Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| Dār al-Iftā’ |
Islamic authority responsible for issuing religious edicts (fatwás). |
| Dār al-Islām |
Countries/territories - Muslims can freely practice their faith. |
| Dār al-Kufr |
Muslim designation for non-Muslim countries. |
| Dār al-Salām |
Dār al-Islām or abode of Islam |
| Dar El salam | |
| Darb | |
| dawliyya | |
| Dayr | |
| Dāʿiyah |
Preacher Islam. Calls Muslims, non-Muslims become good Muslims. |
| Daʿwah |
Act of calling non-Muslims and Muslims to practice Islam. |
| dā‘ī | |
| Dhikr |
Repeatedly saying God’s name in the heart. |
| dhikr | |
| Dhimma | |
| Dhimmah |
Treaty guarantees protection for non-Muslims in Muslim country. |
| Dhimmī |
Person belonging to a people described, ahl al-dhimmah. |
| Diakonia | |
| Dīwān |
The body or collection of works of an Arab or Persian poet.
|
| Dīyah |
Financial compensation (or blood-money) for injuries/death. |
| Du‘ā’ |
Supplications to God, not regular prayers, completed simultaneously. |
| dʿawa | |
| Effindiyyah |
Western influenced urban middle class in the Arab World. |
| Eid | |
| Faqīh |
Islamic jurist; knowledgeable of Islamic law |
| Farḍ |
Obligatory for Muslims. Little difference between fard + wajib. |
| Farḍ kifāyah |
A communal obligation in Muslim legal doctrine. |
| Farḍ ‘ayn |
Personal obligation all Muslims. Different collective obligative acts. |
| Farīḍah |
Same as farḍ. |
| fāsiqūn | |
| Fatḥ |
Literally: Opening. Fatḥ, places peacefully taken over- Muslims. |
| Fātiḥah |
Opening sūrah of the Qur’ān. |
| Fatwā |
Legal opinion or ruling given by a Muslim scholar, based on knowledge of the sharīcah. |
| Feddan |
Unit of land in Egypt and Sudan, 4200m². |
| fellah | |
| Fidā’ī |
Somebody engages in warfare, knowing might die for cause. |
| Fidyah |
Sacrifice/ransom atones for omitting worship in ḥajj. |
| fikr | |
| Fiqh |
Science of Islamic jurisprudence, extracting laws Qur’an/Sunna. |
| Fiqh ʾal-waqaʿ |
Science of current affairs, in other words, it is an islamic science that helps to solve social problems from a religious islamic perspective. |
| Firmān | |
| Fitnah | |
| Fitnah Ṭāʾifīyah |
Sectarian strife between two religious communities, one country. |
| Fulūl |
Term used by Islamists for Mubarak’s old guard |
| Ghazal |
Lyrical poem with fixed meter and rhyme, usually depicting feelings of love.
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| ḥadīth |
A saying attributed to Prophet Muhammad |
| ḥaḍra | |
| Ḥajj | |
| Ḥākimiyyah | |
| Ḥalāl |
Muslim decription for something that is permitted in Islam |
| Halat Hissar |
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