ahl = people; qualified adherents or practicioners
`aql = intellect, reason
Ah?dith al-Ahk?m = had?thic proof-texts for legal rulings
`amal = deed
asl = see usul
b?b = chapter
Ban? ?dam = human beings
d?bit = see daw?bit
dar?ra = necessity
daw?bit = pl. of d?bit = standard or pricipal rule
Doctor Angelicus = Angelic scholar, a title given to Thomas Aquinas,
the great theologian of the Western Church.
da`i = summoner
duny? = this world
f?'ida = benefit
Faq?h = see fiqh
fard `ayn = personal obligation
far`i = adj. from far`, see furu`
fasl = see fus?l
fiqh = Islamic jurisprudence, the expertise of the Faq?h
fitna = strife, temptation, seduction, delusion, chaos, trial and
tribulation
fitra = sane mind and soul, primordial disposition
Fuqah?' = pl. of Faq?h (q.v.)
fur?` = pl. of far`, branches (of the Law), secondary legal texts;
corollaries
had?th = saying of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him blessings and peace
hal?l = lawful, permitted
har?m = categorically prohibited, unlawful
h?sil = legal outcome
hukm shar`i = legal status
Ibl?s = Satan
ihs?n = Excellence, the pinnacle of religious practice
ijm?` = Consensus
ins?f = fairness
Jam?`a = the Orthodox Community
Jam?l al-Shuhad?' = Beauty of Martyrs, the title of the
murdered vizier Niz?m al-Mulk
Jih?d = moral or military struggle by the muj?hid
khil?f = (juridical) disagreement
khil?fiyya = fem. adjective from khil?f
= having to do with (juridical) disagreement
madhhab = school of law
makr?h = detestable, abhorrent, abominable, disliked, legally offensive
maq?sid = pl. of maqsad, objective or ends
maqsad = see maq?sid
mas?'il = pl. of mas'ala = question or legal point
mas'ala = see mas?'il
maslaha = welfare, public / general good
mub?h = indifferently permissible
mufassir = exegete
muft? = one who formulates fatw?s or formal legal responses
Muhaqqiq = The Careful Examiner, a title given to Im?m al-Kurd?,
the last great jurist of our School
muj?hid = one who does jih?d (q.v.)
mukallaf = legally-responsible Muslim
mush?raka = mutual or reciprocal matter
nafs = ego, self
nas?ha = faithful, sincere advice
qad?y? = pl. of qad?ya = issue or legal context
q?d? = judge in an Islamic court of law
q?'ida = see qaw?'id
q?til nafsahu = self-killer, suicide
qaw?'id = pl. of q?'ida = maxim or legal principle
qawl = saying or legal position
qit?l = warfare, battle
sabab al-wuj?d = raison d'?tre
sabr = patient endurance and fortitude
Sah?b? = Companions of Prophet Muhammad, upon whom blessings and peace
Salaf = Pious Predecssors, early authorities
shah?d, pl. shuhad?' = self-sacrificing believer
who dies for the sake of God alone, "martyr"
shar`i = adj. legitimate in the eyes of the
Shari`a (Islamic Law), lawful
siyar = military expeditions
sunna = way, path
s?ra = a chapter of the Qur?n
tafakkur = reflexion
tafs?l = detailed legal discussion
tahluka = self-destruction
thaghr?r bil-nafs = risking one's life
tatimma = conclusion
tawakkul = reliance upon God
thaw?bit = pl. of th?bit = axiom
Umma = the Muslim Community
us?l = pl. of asl = foundational principle. Adj. us?l?
wahm = imaginative faculty or emotions
was?'il = pl. of was?la, means
was?la = see was?'il