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GLOSSARY

1

Aadhaan

The call to prayer, called for the minaret five times daily.

2

Ansaar

Helpers. The Muslims who were resident in Al- Madiinah and helped those

who emigrated from Makkah.

3

Dhuhr

The noon prayer, one of the five daily prayers.

4

Duha

An optional prayer, one of the five daily prayers.

5

Al-Faatihah

The opening surah of the Qur'aan, recited in each raka`h of prayer.

6

Fajr

The dawn prayer, one of the five daily prayers.

7

Fatwah

(Anglicized plural used in text) Islamic legal opinion based on the Qur'aan

and hadiiths

8

Fiqh

Islamic jurisprudence.

9

Fitnah

Sedition, disorder, trial, affliction, temptation.

10

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.

11

Hajj

Pilgrimage to Makkah.

12

Halaal

Lawful according to Islamic law.

13

Al-Arqam

The house of Al-Arqam which was used as a meeting place by the earliest

Muslims in Makkah.

14

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.

15

Al-Hijr

A spot next to the Ka`bah.

16

Ijtihaad

Islamic legal opinion based on analysis and analogy.

17

Iaaam

Leader; prayer leader.

18

Jaahiliyah

The Period of Ignorance, i.e. paganism, before the revelation of the

Qur'aan.

19

Jibrill

The Angel Gabriel.