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GLOSSARY
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Aadhaan
The call to prayer, called for the minaret five times daily.
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Ansaar
Helpers. The Muslims who were resident in Al- Madiinah and helped those
who emigrated from Makkah.
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Dhuhr
The noon prayer, one of the five daily prayers.
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Duha
An optional prayer, one of the five daily prayers.
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Al-Faatihah
The opening surah of the Qur'aan, recited in each raka`h of prayer.
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Fajr
The dawn prayer, one of the five daily prayers.
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Fatwah
(Anglicized plural used in text) Islamic legal opinion based on the Qur'aan
and hadiiths
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Fiqh
Islamic jurisprudence.
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Fitnah
Sedition, disorder, trial, affliction, temptation.
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Hadiith
(Anglicized plural used here) a saying or action of the Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH), the sum of them being the second basis of Islamic law after the
Qur'aan.
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Hajj
Pilgrimage to Makkah.
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Halaal
Lawful according to Islamic law.
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Al-Arqam
The house of Al-Arqam which was used as a meeting place by the earliest
Muslims in Makkah.
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Haraam
Unlawful according to Islamic law emigration. The first two Hijrahs were
those of the Companions to Abyssinia. The Hijrah from which the Islamic
calendar begins was that of Muhammad (PBUH) and his Companions from
Makkah to Al Madiinah.
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Al-Hijr
A spot next to the Ka`bah.
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Ijtihaad
Islamic legal opinion based on analysis and analogy.
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Iaaam
Leader; prayer leader.
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Jaahiliyah
The Period of Ignorance, i.e. paganism, before the revelation of the
Qur'aan.
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Jibrill
The Angel Gabriel.