May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. This is
said whenever the name of prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) is
mentioned or read. Th equivalent English phrase is usually
abbreviated as S.A.W. (peace be upon him).
Saa (Al)
- A cubic measure of varying magnitude, Tech: One sa equals
8 rat! (in Hanafite school) or 5.33 ratl in other schools.
In Hanafite school it is equivalent to 3.2615 kg, whereas in
other schools it is equivalent to 2.172 kg. For measuring
liquids, it is equal to 3.363 liters according to Hanafites
and 2.748 liters according to others
Saahib AI Maal
- In a mudarabah contract, the person who provides the
capital
Saahib Al Iinah
- In a contract of bai al-inah, the borrower
Saahib Al Kharaaj
- An officer of the Muslim government responsible for the
collection and administration of al-kharaj.
Saahib Al Nisaab
- Relating to the law of zakat, one who possesses wealth in
excess of the exemption-limit. Also used for one who
possesses sufficient means to offer sacrifice or make the
pilgrimage to Mecca
Saaibah (Al)
- A property that has been abandoned by its owner without
transferring it to someone else.
Saaiis
- Stableman. Tech: The person who used to collect zakat on
cattle.
Sabbath
- Sabbath, which means Saturday.
Sabiqoon
- Sabiqoon, meaning (those who outstrip the rest).
Sabir
- A person who is waiting for something to happen is said to
be sabir.
Or a person described as being patient at the current moment
is said to be sabir.
Saboor
- The word saboor is used to describe someone who is often
patient, or patient by nature.
Sabr
- An Arabic term meaning Patience.
Sabr (Al)
- Patience. Tech: A value of Islamic society. Muslims are
enjoined to bear economic hardship with patience and not to
feel inclined towards acquiring resources by unlawful means.
It does not preclude, however, protest against economic
injustice and exploitation.
Sadaqa
- Sadaqa is voluntary Islamic charity as opposed to zakat,
or obligatory charity. Sadaqa may be financial assitance,
public service, or even a smile to someone who needs it.
Sadaqah
- Sadaqah (plural sadaqat) is a Islamic Term that means
(voluntary charity).
Sadaqah (Al)
- Charity. Tech: In its widest sense it means an attitude of
mutual appreciation, affection, mutual assistance, an act of
loyalty to God and to one`s fellow beings, a sense of true
human hood. At material level it consists of two kinds: al-sadaqah
altatawwu given at the free will of the donor and zakat, the
obligatory tax imposed by the Quran on the wealth of every
Muslim having wealth beyond a certain limit.
Sadaqah Al Fitr
- A small sum levied on all Muslims having income above a
certain exemption level to be paid during the month of
Ramadan to the poor people of the community. This sadaqah is
obligatory and is an important part of the overall system of
sadaqat in Islam.
Sadaqah Al Jaariyah (Al)
- A form of charity, benefits of which continue to accrue
over generations, such as building a mosque, providing a
well for drinking-water and constructing inns for travelers,
etc. The range of al-sadaqah al-jariyah is very broad. The
establishment of charitable trusts (awqaf) is an important
example, Muslims have been exhorted by the Prophet to invest
their wealth in sadaqah al-jariyah with rich promises of
reward in the Hereafter. Spending on such acts carries a
high value in Muslim society.
Sadaqah Al Najwah
- Contribution required before seeking private consultation
with the Prophet. This was made obligatory for a short time
but abrogated subsequently,
Sadaqat Al Waajibah (Al)
- Compulsory charity such as zakat, sadaqah al-fitr, etc. It
also includes penal charity for such sins as breaking of
oath, breaking of fast, etc.
Sadiis (Al)
- Relating to the nisab of zakat, a camel in its eighth year
Saduuqah (Al)
- Official designation for informal partnership during
Fatimide and Ayubide Egypt.
Safaahah (Al)
- Foolishness, imprudence. Tech: The quality of squandering
wealth recklessly and against the spirit of the shan`ah. It
includes israf and tabdhir. The quality of safahah invites
the law of hajr by which the state can impose such
restrictions on the utilization of assets as may be
necessary to safeguard personal and social interests. One
who has the quality of safahah is known as al-saJih (plural,
sufaha), which is the antonym of al-rashid. Sufaha include
minor children, lunatics, extravagant persons and those who
spend money to promote evil in the society
Saffah
- A verandah attached to the Prophet`s Masjid in Madina
where poor Muslims, including some of the most exalted
companions, used to sleep.
Safiyah (Al)
- Share taken by the leader of an army before division of
booty, such as horse or a sword. The term was later used as
sawafi (singular, safiya) lands or possessions which the
sultan (ruler) appropriated exclusively for himself. It also
means all lands which their owners have abandoned or the
owners of which have died leaving no heirs.
Safqah (Al)
- Striking of the hand of one person upon the hand of
another in ratifying a sale or purchase and a covenant. It
is also used to signify the contract that is itself made in
the case of a sale.
Sahaba
- In Islam, the Sahāba (الصحابة) were the companions of
Muhammad. This form is plural; the singular is sahābi, which
is Arabic for "friend, companion."
Sahabi
- A companion of the Prophet (S.A.W.). Plural: Sahabah.
Saheeh
- Sound/correct/authentic. Used mainly to refer to hadiths
and/or the books they were written in.
Sahib Al Ashghaal
- Finance secretary in fourteenth century Muslim Spain
Sahib Al Suuq
- Guardian of the market. Tech: An alternate term for the
muhtasib before the latter term gained currency
Sahih
- Sahih is a Islamic term that means authentic. It is
commonly used to describe the authenticity of a Hadith.
Sahih Bukhari
- The authentic collection (Arabic: al-Jaami al-Sahih or
popularly Bukhari`s authentic (Arabic:Sahih Bukhari) is one
of the Sunni six major Hadith collections (Hadith are oral
traditions recounting events in the lives of the Islamic
prophet Muhammad and his followers). Sunni view this as
their most trusted collections, calling it "The most
authentic book after the Holy Quran".
Sahih Muslim
- Sahih Muslim is a collection of sayings and deeds of
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The
reports of the Prophet`s sayings and deeds are called
ahadith. Muslim lived a couple of centuries after the
Prophet`s death and worked extremely hard to collect his
ahadith. Each report in his collection was checked for
compatibility with the Qur`an, and the veracity of the chain
of reporters had to be painstakingly established. Muslim`s
collection is recognized by the overwhelming majority of the
Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections of
the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh).
Muslim (full name Abul Husain Muslim bin al-Hajjaj al-Nisapuri)
was born in 202 A.H. and died in 261 A.H. He travelled
widely to gather his collection of ahadith, including to
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Egypt. Out of 300,000 ahadith
which he evaluated, only 4,000 approximately were extracted
for inclusion into his collection based on stringent
acceptance criteria. Muslim was a student of Bukhari.
Sai
- Going seven times between the small hills of Safa and
Marwa; an essential rite of Hajj and Umra.
Saib Al Bahr
- Product of the sea, such as fish, amber and pearls. They
are a free, natural gift and fall in the category of public
property.
Saii (Al)
- The messenger. Tech: Zakat-collector who visits people at
their places to collect the zakat.
Sajda
- Surat As-Sajda (Arabic: سورة السجدة ) (The Prostration,
Worship, Adoration) is the 32nd sura of the Qur`an with 30
ayat (see, however, the discussion of ahadith 785-787 in
Sunnan Abu Dawood, relating to merging Suras 8 and 9, and
the discussion of numbering the Basmala (q.v.)). Surah As-Sajda
has a prostration (Sajdah) in it
Sajdah
- 1. Prostration. The act of prostration, particularly in
the Salat.
2. As-Sajda: Surah 32 of the Qur`an.
Sajdah Sahu
- Prostration to recompense forgetting a required act of
Salah.
Sakk (Al)
- Order of payment. Tech: The term was in vogue during the
Muslim period. The sakk was a payment order on a banker with
whom a person had an account
Salaf
- Salaf or Salaf as-Sālih (Arabic: السلف الصالح) can be
variously translated as "(righteous) predecessors" or
"(righteous) ancestors." In Islamic terminology, it is
generally used to refer to the first three generations of
Muslims:
Shābah: (Arabic: الصحابه, "The Companions") The companions
of the Prophet Muhammad, who had met or had seen him while
in a state of īmān, and then died on that state
Tāba`īn: (Arabic: التابعين, "The Successors") Those who had
met or had seen the Sahabah while in a state of īmān
(belief), and then died on that state.
at-Taba` at-Tāba`īn: (Arabic: التبع التابعين, "The
Successors of the Successors") Those who had met or had seen
the Tāba`īn while in a state of īmān, and then died on that
state.
In a Hadīth (prophetic tradition), the Prophet Muhammad says
of the Salaf, "The best people are those living in my
generation, then those coming after them, and then those
coming after (the second generation)."
Salah
- Salah (also known as "salat", "solat", "solah" and several
other spellings) (Arabic: صلاة, Qur`anic Arabic: صلوة)
refers to the five daily ritual prayers that Muslims offer
to Allah (God).
Salam
- Salaam also spelled salam or selam, (Arabic: سلام) is an
Arabic word that literally means (peace) In English, it may
have one of the following usages:
Shortened Assalamu alaikum, an Islamic greeting.
As-Salam, one of the 99 Names of God.
Salat
- Prayers. There are five daily obligatory prayers. These
prayers and their time zones are:
1. Fajr (morning prayer); After dawn but before sunrise;
2. Duhr (early afternoon or noon prayer); early afternoon
till late afternoon;
3. `Asr (late afternoon prayer) late afternoon prayer till
sunset;
4. Maghrib (sunset prayer); just after sunset;
5. Isha (late evening prayer); late evening till late at
night. Consult a prayer manual for full details. Each prayer
consists of a fixed set of standings, bowings, prostrations
and sittings in worship to Allah.
Salat Al Janaza
- Funeral prayer. The prayer is done in standing position
only and consist of four takbirs: 1. After the first Takbir,
read Al-Fatihah. 2. After the second takbir, recite
Tashahhud and Salat al-Ibrahimiya. 3. After the third
Takbir, pray for the deceased person, his or her relatives,
and all Muslims in general. 4. After the fourth Takbir,
finish the prayer by uttering Assalamu Alaikum while turning
to the right.
Salat Al Khawf
- Salat al Khawf means Prayer in the state of insecurity.
For its procedure see Surah al-Nisa 4:102.
Salih
- Salih, from the root S-L-H meaning to reconcile, to put
things in order, signifies behavior that is righteous, just
and dignified. `Amal salih, honorable or righteous action,
is often combined in the Qur`an with Iman and made a
condition for success in this world, as well as in the
Hereafter. A prophet of Islam, peace be on him.
Sallallahu Alaihe Wa Sallam
(S.A.W.)
- May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. This is
said whenever the name of prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) is
mentioned or read. Th equivalent English phrase is usually
abbreviated as S.A.W. (peace be upon him).
Salsabil
- Salsabil (Arabic: سلسبيل) is an Islamic Arabic term
referring to a river in paradise (Jannah). The sole Qur`anic
reference is in sura Al-Insan.
"And there they will be given a cup whose mixture is of
Zanjabil (ginger). A fountain there, called Salsabil."
(76:17-18)
The verse may be in reference to the previous verse
concerning the drink provided to those who enter paradise.
Salsabil is also the name of one of the old neighborhoods in
Tehran, Iran.
Samaa
- An Arabic term means sky or heaven.
Samad (Al)
- One of the ninety-nine Attributes of Allah. It means
Absolute, Eternal, and Everlasting. It refers to the One to
Whom all created beings turn to for all their needs, and Who
is not dependent on anything or anyone for any need. The
Most Perfect in His Attributes.
Samawat
- Skys or heavens. In the Quran the spelling of this word is
different to modern Arabic. In the Quran The Heavens appears
like so: السموت
The `ا` (Alif) character is shown floating above the letters
to promote correct pronunciation.
Sariya
- A small army sent by Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) in which he
did not personally take part.
Sawaanii (Al)
- Camels which work on wells to irrigate land. Half-ushr is
levied on the produce of the land worked by al-sawani
Sawm
- Ṣawm (Arabic: صوم ), (Turkish: Oruç) is an Arabic word
for fasting regulated by Islamic jurisprudence. It can be
done for different reasons and at different times, but it is
primarily done by Muslims during the Islamic holy month of
Ramadan. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Sawm (Al)
- Offer for sale (a commodity). Tech: It implies distracting
a customer by offering a lower price or superior quality of
an article; for instance, 2 persons might offer a certain
commodity for a certain price, but another person might say,
`I can sell you the same thing for a lower price.` In modern
language it implies to undersell a commodity or to dump
goods at a lower price on the market
Sayyid
- Sayyid (سيد) (plural Saadah) is an honorific title often
given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic
prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hassan and Husayn,
the sons of his daughter Fatima Zahra and his cousin and
son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Daughters of male sayyids are given the titles Sayyida,
Alawiyah, Syarifah or Sharifah. Children of sayyidas are not
considered sayyids. Sayyids must be able to demonstrate
descent through males alone, without female links.
Sayyidna
- An Arabic term means (Our Master). The na on the end
attributes the word master to one`s-self.
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Search Engine Submission
- Search Engine Submission is the way to promote a website.
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Sema
- Sema or sama (Arabic: سماع ) is a term that means hearing
in Arabic and Persian. It is used to refer to some of the
ceremonies used by various sufi orders and often involves
prayer, song, dance, and other ritualistic activities.
Sema dancing is known to Europeans as the dance of the
Whirling Dervishes, see "Sufi whirling", although many forms
of sema do not include whirling.
In the Mevlevi sufi tradition, sema represents a mystical
journey of spiritual ascent through mind and love to
"Perfect." In this journey the seeker symbolically turns
towards the truth, grows through love, abandons the ego,
finds the truth, and arrives at the "Perfect"; then returns
from this spiritual journey with greater maturity, so as to
love and to be of service to the whole of creation without
discrimination against beliefs, races, classes and nations.
Shaaban
- Shaaban (Arabic: شعبان ) is the eighth month of the
Islamic calendar.
Shaban
This is the months of `separation`, so called because the
pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water. On the
fifteenth night of this month falls the Shab-i-Barat: `The
Night of Records`; some people think that on this night
Muhammad told his followers that god records all the deeds
that the humans have to perform for the next year. However,
there is no Quranic or Hadith evidence to support this.
Shafii
- The Shafii madhab (Arabic: شافعي ) is one of the four
schools of fiqh, or religious law, within Sunni Islam. The
Shafii school of fiqh is named after its founder, Imam
ash-Shafii. The other three schools of thought are Maliki,
Hanafi, and Hanbali.
The Shafii School of thought stipulates authority to four
sources of jurisprudence, also known as the Usul al-fiqh. In
hierarchical order the usul al-fiqh consist of: the Quran,
the Sunnah of the Prophet, ijma` (consensus), and qiyas. The
Shafii school also refers to the opinions of the Prophet`s
companions (primarily Al-Khulafa ar-Rashidun). The school,
based on Shafii`s books ar-Risala fi Usul al-Fiqh and Kitab
al-Umm, which emphasizes proper istinbaat (derivation of
laws) through the rigorous application of legal principles
as opposed to speculation or conjecture.
The Shafii school is considered one of the more conservative
of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence, but there are
many adherents of the Shafii tradition who maintain liberal
views in practicing their religion
Shafii Shariik
- A person who is a co-owner of some undivided immovable
property with another person or persons.
Shafiijaar
- A person, who owns an immovable property adjacent to the
immovable property sold, has a right of pre-emption.
Shafikhaliit
- A participant in the immunities and appendages of
immovable property sold, such as the right of passage, the
right of passage of water or the right of irrigation.
Shahadah
- The shahadah (الشهادة), or the Islamic creed, is the
declaration of belief in the unity of God (Allah in Arabic)
and the prophethood of Muhammad.
Shahid
- Shahid in Islamic parlance means martyr. Plural: Shuhadaa.
Shahnah
- Relating to the administration of iqta in India of the
sixteenth century A.D. The shahnah performed the functions
of an amir who, instead of the muqta (assignee), governed
the khalissah areas.
Shaiirah (Al)
- A grain of barley. Tech: Weight equivalent to 0.06 grams
and a measure of length equivalent to 0.320 cm.
Shaitan
- Shaitan (شيطان) is the equivalent in Islam of Satan in
Christianity and Judaism. The Islamic view of Satan, has
both commonalities and differences with Christian and Jewish
views.
While Shaitan (شيطان, from the root sh,tn شطن) is an
adjective meaning (astray) or (distant) or (illusionist)
that can be applied to both Man (al-Ins, الإنس) and Jinn,
Iblis is the personal name of the Shaitan who is mentioned
in the Quranic (Genesis), and whose origin is unclear.
Whenever the Qur`an refers to the creature who refused to
prostrate before Adam at the time of the latter`s creation,
it refers to him as Iblis.
Shakur
- Shakur, Arabic term means Thankful (to Allah).
Shams
- Shams is an Arabic word for (sun) (شمس). It is found in
-The sura (chapter) of the Qur`an titled Ash-Shams
Shar
- Shar, Arabic term means Evil.
Sharh
- An Arabic term meaning explaining or teaching.
Sharia
- Sharia (Arabic: شريعة transliterated: Shariah) refers
to a body of Islamic law. In the Islamic state Sharia
governs both public and private lives of those living within
the state. Sharia governs many aspects of day-to-day life,
including politics, economics, banking, business law,
contract law, and social issues. Some accept Sharia as the
body of precedent and legal theory before the 19th century,
while other scholars view Sharia as a changing body, and
include reform Islamic legal theory from the contemporary
period.
Sharif
- Sharīf (Arabic: شريف) is a traditional Arab tribal title
given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and
all tribal assets, such as property, wells, and land.
In the Arab world (exception: Arab Shiites use the term
`sayyid` to denote descendants from both Hassan and Husayn)
`sharif` is usually reserved for descendants of Hassan while
`sayyid` is used for descendants of Husayn. However ever
since the post-Hashemite era began, the term `sayyid` has
been used to denote descendants from both Hassan and Husayn.
From 1201 till the Hejaz was conquered by Ibn Saud in 1925,
this family held the office of the Sharīf of Makkah, often
also carrying the title and office of King of Hejaz.
Descendants now rule the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the
name being taken from the Banu Hashim, the sub-tribe of the
Quraysh that the Prophet was from.
The word has no etymological connection with the English
term sheriff, which comes from the Old English word
scīrgerefa, meaning "shire-reeve," the local reeve
(enforcement agent) of the king in the shire (county).
Shariiah (Al)
- The way. Tech: The way of Allah as shown by the Quran and
the sunnah of the Prophet. It is generally spoken to mean
the Islamic law
Sharmon Shah
- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, formerly known as Karim
Abdul-Jabbar (born June 28, 1974, in Los Angeles,
California), is a former professional NFL football player
who played for four seasons from 1996 to 2000 with the Miami
Dolphins, Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts. He was
born Sharmon Shah and was a 5`11" running back. His career
was more known for a controversy over his name than for his
on-field performances.
Shawal
- The tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
Sheikh
- Shaikh, also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh (Arabic:
شيخ), is a word in the Arabic language meaning elder of a
tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar. A daughter
or wife of a Sheikh (lord) is sometimes called Sheikhah
(Arabic: شيخة).
The term literally means a man of old age, and is used in
that sense in Quranic Arabic. Later it came to be a title
meaning leader, elder or noble, especially in the Arabian
Peninsula, where shaikh became a traditional title of a
Bedouin tribal leader in recent centuries.
The title is not only used by Muslims; it is also used by
Arab Christians for elder men of stature, showing that it is
independent of religion. It is also used to refer to
scholars of various Islamic sciences such as faqihs, muftis,
and muhaddiths.
Shia
- Shi`a Islam, also Shi`ite Islam, or Shi`ism (Arabic:شيعة,
Persian:شیعه translit: Shī`ah) is a denomination of the
Islamic faith. It is short for Shī`at `Ali (Arabic: شيعة
علي , or "the party of `Ali"). Shi`a Muslims adhere to the
teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and the religious guidance
of his family whom they refer to as the Ahl al-Bayt. Thus,
Shi`as consider the first three ruling Sunni caliphs a
historic occurrence and not something attached to faith. The
singular/adjective form is Shī`ī (شيعي.) and refers to a
follower of the Household of Muhammad and of Imam Ali in
particular.
Shi`a Islam, like Sunni Islam, has at times been divided
into many branches, however only three of these currently
have a significant number of followers. The best known and
the one with most adherents is Twelvers (اثنا عشرية
Ithnāˤashariyya), while the others are Ismaili and
Zaidiyyah. Alawites and Druzes consider themselves Shi`as,
although this is sometimes disputed by mainstream Shi`as[1].
The Sufi orders among the Shi`as are the Alevi, Bektashi,
Kubrawiya, Noorbakhshi, Oveyssi, Qizilbashi, Hamadani,
Tijānī, and Fatimid orders and denominations. Twenty per
cent of Turkey`s population is Alevi while Lebanon and Syria
have huge presence of Druze and Alawites.
Shibr (Al)
- Span of the hand. Tech: A measure of length equal to 12
fingers, or 9 inches or 23.1 cm.
Shifaa
- An Arabic term meaning healing, treatment, or cure.
Shirk
- Shirk (Arabic شرك) is the Islamic concept of the sin of
polytheism specifically, but in a more general way refers to
serving anything other than the One God; i.e. wealth, lust,
the ego, etc. It is the vice which is opposed to the virtue
of tawhid, literally declaring [that which is] one , often
translated into the English theological term "monotheism.
The word is not related to the English verb (shirk) related
to neglect.
Shirkah (Al)
- A contract between two or more persons who launch a
business or financial enterprise to make profits.
Shirkah Al Aabdaan
- Partnership between two or more persons in skill, mental
or physical labour only (without capital). They accept
workjointly, perform it according to their agreement and
share the profit. This is also known as shirkah al-sana`a.
Shirkah Al Amal
- An alternate term for shirkah al-abdan
Shirkah Al Amwaal
- A contract of partnership where each partner brings in
some capital in the shape of money and all the partners
contribute their labour and skill, agreeing to share the
profit.
Shirkah Al Aqd
- Contractual partnership. Tech: Two or more persons may
continue to carry on business on the condition that the
capital and the profit will be shared among them. This is
distinguished from shirkah al-mulk, which is partnership in
joint property.
Shirkah Al Dhimam
- An association in which the communality consists of each
partner sharing in the obligations incurred by his
colleagues. This is a type of partnership in which partners
do not invest any capital but instead authorize each other
to buy on credit on the condition that each will be
responsible for half the cost of the other`s purchases and
share in a like manner in the profit of their resale
Shirkah Al Inaan
- A partnership agreement in which the partners may have
equal equity but unequal rights to profit, unequal equity
with equal rights to profit or with unequal equity and
unequal rights to profit.
Shirkah Al Jabr
- Partnership by compulsion exists if a purchaser purchases
goods in the presence of a person who is a bonafide dealer
in the particular commodity and the dealer has reason to
believe that the goods are being purchased for him as usual.
The bonafide dealer will be treated as a partner of the
purchaser provided that the purchaser does not declare in
anticipation to have purchased the goods for himself
Shirkah Al Mafaaliis
- Partnership of the penniless. Tech: It comes about when
two or more people form a partnership without any capital to
buy merchandise on credit and then sell it. Also known as
shirkah al-wujuh.
Shirkah Al Milk
- Proprietary partnership. Tech: A proprietary partnership
occurs when two persons inherit or purchase something
together. Neither of them is permitted to dispose off the
other`s portion except with the other`s permission. Each of
them is considered a stranger in regard to the other`s
portion.
Shirkah Al Mufawadah
- A contract of partnership in which all the partners are
equal in respect of equity, and the right to conduct
business for cash or credit. All of them are mutual agents
and mutual sureties for one another.
Shirkah Al Tadamun
- A contract of partnership among two or more partners who
share the liabilities of the business created by anyone of
them.
Shirkah Al Taqbiil
- The condition that they would accept orders from customers
concerning their trade and skill jointly and share income
from the trade. It is also known as shirkah al-taqabbul.
Shirkah Al Tausiiyah Al
Baasitah
- A partnership agreement in which one partner assumes
unlimited liability of the business debt while the other
partner remains liable to the extent of his own capital.
Shirkah Al Wujuuh
- Partnership between two or more persons carrying on
business on credit only (without investment of capital).
They purchase goods on credit on the basis of their goodwill
and then sell them and try to make profit.
Shufah (Al)
- Right of pre-emption. Tech: Acquiring a vendor`s property
at the price for which the vendor has sold it. The right of
preemption is a power of possessing property which is for
sale. It applies only to immovable property. It appertains
in the first place to the co-sharer or partner in the
property; secondly, to a sharer in the immunities and
appendages of the property such as the right to water or to
road; thirdly, to the neighbors.
Shuhh (Al)
- Stinginess, avarice. Tech: Petty-mindedness in
interpersonal relationships. Shuhh leads one to selfishness,
callousness and to disproportionate love for wealth.
Shukr (Al)
- Gratitude. Tech: A value of the Muslim society by virtue
of which an individual acknowledges the bounties of Allah
and expresses gratitude by tongue and actions, which are
those actions one has been enjoined to carry out through
obedience to Allah. It includes putting physical resources
and faculties to their proper use. Their improper use
contradicts shukr and is termed kufr.
Shukran
- Shukran (Arabic: شكراًَ) is an Arabic expression meaning
thanks or (thank you).
(La shukran) means (no thank you).
(Alfu shukrin wa shukrun) means (One thousand thanks and
thank you) or ( 1001 thanks).
Muslims sometimes use the alternative Islamic phrase
jazakallahu khayran, meaning (may Allah reward you for the
good).
(La shukran means (No thanks) ala wajib means you`re
welcome, (or alternately (naa shukran) means (Yes, thank
you.)
Shura
- Shura is an (Arabic شورَى) word for "consultation". It is
believed to be the method by which pre-Islamic Arabian
tribes selected leaders and made major decisions.
Some Muslims say that Islam requires all decisions made by
and for the Muslim community be made by shura. To some, this
means that Islam enjoins representative democracy. This
belief is characteristic of liberal movements within Islam.
Other Muslims say that Islam requires submission to existing
rulers, however they are chosen, so long as they govern
according to sharia or Islamic law. This is a more
traditional approach, characteristic of many centuries of
Islamic history
Sidrat Al Muntaha
- The lote-tree of the furthest limit. A tree over the
seventh Heaven near Paradise, the place where form ends and
beyond which no created being may pass. See An-Najm
(53:14-18).
Sijjin
- It is a "prison" where the records of the evil doers are
kept. See Al-Mutafifeen (83:7-9).
Sikkah (Al)
- Originally it meant a `minting die` to test the fineness
and weight of the coin. The same word subsequently came to
be used for the mint as an office providing for and checking
these marks.
Sira
- Sirah Rasul Allah by Ibn Hisham
Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya by Ibn Kathir
Sira is a Town in Tumkur district in Karnataka, India
Sira is a river in Norway.
Siratul Mustaqeem
- The straight path, the path that the Prophet Muhammad
(S.A.W.) demonstrated to mankind by way of the Holy Qur`an.
The path that leads to the Paradise.
Siwak
- A piece of branch or root of a tree called al-Arak used as
a toothbrush.
Six Major Hadith Collections
- The Six major Hadith collections are the works of some
individuals Islamic scholars who by their own initiative
started collecting sayings that people attributed to prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) approximately 200 years after his death.
Sunni Muslims view the Six major Hadith collections as their
most important. They are, in order of importance:
Sahih Bukhari, collected by al-Bukhari (d. 870), included
7275 hadiths
Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875),
included 9200
Sunan al-Sughra, collected by al-Nasa`i (d. 915)
Sunan Abi Da:::ud, collected by Abu Da`ud (d. 888)
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892)
This one is disputed. Sometimes its referred to Al-Muwatta,
collected by Imam Malik (d. 796) and sometimes it is
referred to Sunan Ibn Maja, collected by Ibn Maja (d. 886).
Some people even consider Sunan al-Darami to be the sixth
one
Specific Mudaarabah
- A mudarabah contract with one specific purpose or
objective
Suaat (Al)
- Zakat-collectors, especially on animals and on
agricultural property
Subhana wa Taala
- May He be Glorified and Exalted.
Subhanah
- An Islamic term meaning Most glorious. Used in referance
to Allah (God) in the phraze: Allah subhanah wa tala. Also
written subhanahu
Subhanallah
- An Arabic term meaning Glory be to Allah.
Suffa (as)
- A shaded place in Masjid al-Rasool, in Madinah where poor
Sahaba used to take shelter during Prophet Muhammad`s time.
Suffah (Al)
- Ashab al-Suffah consisted of about three or four hundred
Companions who spent most of their time in the company of
the Prophet (S.A.W.). They acquired knowledge and had
dedicated themselves wholly to serving Islam.
Sufi
- Sufism is a mystic tradition of Islam encompassing a
diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to
Allah/God, divine love and sometimes to help a fellow man.
Tariqas (Sufi orders) may be associated with Shi:::a Islam,
Sunni Islam, other currents of Islam, or a combination of
multiple traditions. It has been suggested that Sufi thought
emerged from the Middle East in the eighth century, but
adherents are now found around the world. Some Sufis have
also claimed that Sufism pre-dates Islam and some groups
operate with only very tenuous links to Islam.
Suhur
- A meal taken before Fajr in the month of Ramadan to begin
fasting.
Sunnah
- Sunnah (Arabic: سنة) means “way” or “custom”, and
therefore, the sunnah of the prophet means “the way of the
prophet”, or what is commonly known as the Prophet’s
traditions.
Sunnah Prayers
- Sunnah Prayers are prayers which are considered
recommended in view of the fact that the Prophet (S.A.W.)
either performed them often and/or made statements about
their meritorious character.
Sunni
- Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. They
are referred to as Ahl ul-Sunna (Arabic: أهل السنة), the
folks of the tradition. The word Sunni comes from the word
sunna (Arabic : سنة ) which means the tradition of the
Prophet of Islam Muhammad. Sunnis are also referred to as
Ahl ul-Sunna wa-l-Jama`ah (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة)
(people of tradition and congregation) which is meant to
imply that the Sunnis are united.
Sunni (Arabic: سني ) means follower of the sunna of the
Prophet, with some details.
Supplication
- Supplication (also known as petitioning) is the most
common form of prayer, wherein a person asks a supernatural
deity to provide something, either for the person who is
praying or for someone else on whose behalf a prayer of
supplication is being made.
In Islam, the Arabic word duaa (plural adeiya) is used to
refer to supplications. Adeiya may be made in any language,
although there are many traditional Islamic supplications in
Arabic, Persian and Turkish. In Islam, duaa tends to mean
personal prayer. Muslim prayer beads usually have 33 or 99
beads to represent God`s many names.
The concept is perfectly at home with secular use. The
supplicant may also be described as a suppliant but the
former word is more commonly used. The key meaning is of a
request by the lesser person in an acknowledged unequal
relationship.
Surah
- Sura (Arabic: سورة translit: Surah) is the Arabic term
for (chapter of the Quraan.) These are traditionally ordered
in roughly reverse chronological order, with Madinan suras
coming first and Makkan ones last for the most part. Each
surah is divided into ayat, or verses.
Swaaim (Al)
- Pasturing animals. Tech: Those animals which are bred and
pastured that they may grow. It excludes animals kept for
riding, for work or for carrying of loads.
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