8-Belief and Islam - Hakikat Kitabevi

Islam; a hypocrite.
murshid: guide, director.
mutashâbih: (of an âyat or hadîth) with unintelligible,
hidden meaning; mutashâbihât.
-Mushabbiha: those who believe Allâhu ta’âlâ to be a
material being.
najs: religiously impure thing.
nafs: a force in man which wants him to harm himself
religiously.
nass: (general term for) an âyat or a hadîth; the Nass.
qadâ’: performance, after its due time is over, of an ’ibâda
which has not been performed at its due time.
qibla: the direction turned towards during worshipping (in
Islam, toward the Ka’ba).
qiyâs (al-fuqahâ’): (conclusion drawn by a mujtahid
through) likening or comparing a matter not clearly stated in the
Nass and ijmâ’ to a similar one stated clearly; ijtihâd.
qutb al-’ârifîn: a Walî of the highest degree.
Rabb: Allâhu ta’âlâ, the Creator and “Trainer.”
Ramadân: the sacred month in the Muslim calendar.
rasûl: (pl. rusul,), Messenger, Prophet; (Rasûl-Allâh),
Muhammad, the Prophet of Allâhu ta’âlâ.
riyâda: not to do what the nafs likes; austerity.
Sahâba: the community of those who believed and saw a
prophet; as-Sahâbat al-kirâm, the Companions of Rasûlullah.
salâm: i) greeting, peace, good wish; ii) the phrase
“Assalâmu ’alaikum wa rahmatullah” said at the end of salât.
sâlih: (pl. sulahâ’) one who is pious and abstains from sins.
Shâfi’î: (a member) of the madhhab founded by al-Imâm
ash-Shâfi’î.
Shaikh al-Islâm: Head of the Islamic Affairs Office.
Siddîq: one faithfully loyal to the Prophet; a Walî of highest
status.
sûfî: muttasawwif, one who was trained and has become
perfect on the way of tasawwuf.
suhba: companionship; company of a prophet or a Walî.
sulahâ’: pl. of sâlih.
sunna: (act, thing) that, though not commanded by Allâhu
ta’âlâ, done and liked by the Prophet as an ’ibâda (there is
thawâb if done, but not sinful if omitted, yet it causes sin if
continually omited and disbelief if disliked); the Sunna: i) (with
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