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Za'ir
()
Visitor, someone
visiting the tomb of the prophet. (t.p)
Zabaniya
()
"The violent
thrusters", the angels who thrust people into hellfire, who are nineteen in
number. (t.p)
Zabaniya
()
"Violent
thrusters", the angels who thrust people into hellfire, who are nineteen in
number. (t.p)
Zabur
()
The psalms of
da'ud. (t.p)
Zabur
(za-boor)
Arabic name for
the holy scripture revealed to Prophet David thousands of years ago. For
Muslims, the Zabur, analogous to the Christian Psalms, was a scriptural
precursor to the Qur'an, just as David was a predecessor of Muhammad in the
history of divinely revealed monotheism.
(c.i.e)
Zahid
()
Someone whose
heart has no inclination or attachment for this world. (t.p)
Zahir
()
Apparent,
probablistic; a zahir text can mean one of two or more things. (t.p)
Zahir
()
Apparent,
probablistic, a zahir text can mean one of two or more things. (t.p)
Zahiriya
()
A school of fiqh
which derived its judgements from the literal (zahir) text of the qur'an and
the sunna and rejected ray, qiyas, istihsan, taqlid, and other legal
principles. it was called the da'udi school after its founder, da'ud ibn
khalaf. the only time it was connected to political power was under the
muwahhid ruler, ya`qub al-mansur (580/1184 - 591/1195). the famous sufi,
muhyi'd-din ibn 'arabi was a zahiri in fiqh. (t.p)
Zakah
(za-kaah)
Zakah literally
means "purification," and refers to an almsgiving tax, roughly 2.5% of one's
accumulated wealth, that eligible Muslims pay annually. Zakah is one of the
"five pillars" of Islam, and is usually collected by local masjids or
charitable organizations. The funds are distributed to poor and needy
persons in the Muslim community. Paying the zakah reminds Muslims of the
duty to help those less fortunate, and that wealth is a trust from God
rather than something to be taken for granted. (c.i.e)
Zakah
(ZAKAAT)
One of the five pillars of Islam is Zakah, which means purification and
increment of one's wealth.
A Muslim who has money beyond a certain quantity is to pay the Zakah. It is
also called the alms due or poor due. It is to be used in eight categories
for welfare of the society that are mentioned in the Qur'an, namely: the
poor, the needy, the sympathizers, the captives, the deptors, the cause of
Allah, the wayfarers, and for those who are to collect it.
The amount to be collected is 2.5%, 5%, or 10%, depending on the assets and
the method used to produce it. For example, it is 2.5% of the assets that
have been owned over a year, 5% of the wheat when irrigated by the farmer,
and 10% of the wheat that is irrigated by the rain.
(c.m.j.e)
Zakah al-Fitr
()
A small
obligatory head-tax imposed on every Muslim who has the means for himself
and his dependants. It is paid once yearly at the end of Ramadan before Eid
al-Fitr. (i.i.q)
Zakah Al-Mal
()
The Muslims'
wealth tax: One must pay 2.5% of one's yearly savings above a certain amount
to the poor and needy Muslims. The Zakah is compulsory on all Muslims who
have saved (at least) the equivalent of 85g of 24 carat gold at the time
when the annual Zakah payment is due. (i.i.q)
Zakaria
(Zacharia Zakarya Zacharya)
Prophet of God
and father of John the Baptist(o.s)
Zakariyya
()
The prophet
zacharia, the father of yahya, john the baptist, and guardian of maryam. (t.p)
Zakat
()
One of the five
pillars of islam. it is a wealth tax paid on certain forms of wealth: gold
and silver, staple crops, livestock, and trading goods. as regards its
distribution, see qur'an 9:60. (t.p)
Zakat al-fitr
()
A small
obligatory head-tax imposed on every muslim who has the means for himself
and his dependants. it is paid once yearly at the end of ramadan. (t.p)
Zakatu-rid Tijaarah
()
Zakah of profits
of merchandise. (i.i.q)
Zakatul Huboob
()
Zakah of grain/corn. (i.i.q)
Zakatul Ma'dan
()
Zakah of
minerals. (i.i.q)
Zakatur Rikaaz
()
Zakah of
treasure/precious stones. (i.i.q)
Zalim
(Thalim)
The wrong-doer,
he who exceeds the limits of right, the unjust. (I.Z)
Zalim
()
A person who is
unjust and oppressive, a tyrant. zuhr: the midday prayer. (t.p)
Zaman
()
Linear time. (t.p)
Zaman
()
Linear time. (t.p)
Zamzam
()
The sacred well
inside Al-Haram ash-Shareef in Makkah.
(I.Z)
Zamzam
()
The well in the
haram of makka. (t.p)
Zandaqa
()
Heresy. this is
an arabicised persian word. the term had been used for heterodox groups,
especially manichaeans, in pre-islamic persia, and hence it was originally
applied to magians. (t.p)
Zann
()
Opinion,
supposition, conjecture, speculation. (t.p)
Zann
()
Opinion,
supposition. (t.p)
Zarruq, ahmad
()
Ahmad ibn ahmad,
abu'l-`abbas zarruq al-burnusi, born in fez in 846/1442. a sufi, maliki
scholar and muhaddith who studied fiqh in fez, cairo and madina and then
became a sufi and withdrew from worldly things and took to wandering. he was
a renowned shaykh of the shadhiliya tariqa. he was considered the al-ghazali
of his time. he wrote about thirty commentaries on the hikam of ibn `ata'llah.
he died in takrin, libya in 899/1493. (t.p)
Zawa'id
()
Abundance of
lights of spiritual illumination in the heart. (t.p)
Zawahir
()
Plural of zahir. (t.p)
Zawahir
()
Plural of zahir. (t.p)
Zawiya
()
A "corner", small
mosque, or religious retreat, often where the shaykh teaches. (t.p)
Zayd ibn thabit
()
Abu kharija, born
in madina eleven years before the hijra and raised in makka, he was one of
the scribes who recorded the qur' an. his father was killed when he was six
and he emigrated at the age of eleven to madina. when 'umar travelled from
madina, he left zayd in his place until he returned. ibn `abbas used to
visit him to learn from him. he wrote out the qur'an in the time of abu bakr
and copied out the copies of the qur'an for `uthman. when he died in 45/665,
abu hurayra said, "the scholar of this nation has died today."(t.p)
Zaydites
()
The "fiver" shi'a.
they followed zayd ibn `ali, the grandson of al-husayn. they say that any of
the ahl al-bayt can be the imam. they are mu'tazilite in doctrine and rather
puritanical. sufism is forbidden by them. (t.p)
Zendiq
()
One who goes so far into innovated and deviant beliefs and philosophizing,
etc. without sticking to the truth found in the Qur'an and the Sunnah to
such an extreme extent that they actually leave Islam altogether.
(c.m.j.e)
Zihar
()
An oath by the
husband that his wife is like his mother's back, meaning she is unlawful for
him. it was a form of divorce in the jahiliyya, not permitted in islam. (t.p)
Zina
(Zena)
Illegal sexual
intercourse and embraces both fornication and adultery.
(I.Z)
Zina
()
Unlawful sex,
adultery, fornication. (t.p)
Zindiq
()
A term used to
describe a heretic whose teaching is a danger to the community or state.
originally under the sasanids it was a free thinker, atheist or dualist. it
was particularly applied to those influenced by the doctrines of
manichaeanism, a dualistic syncretism of pagan, gnostic, magian,
judaeo-christian and indian traditions which experienced a revival in iraq
near the end of the umayyad period. (t.p)
Ziyada
()
Pleonastic
embellishment, the addition of a superfluous word or preposition which has
no effect on the actual meaning. (t.p)
Ziyadatu thiqa
()
An addition by
someone who is trustworthy. (t.p)
Ziyara
()
Visit to a tomb
or holy places. (t.p)
Ziyara
()
Visit to tomb or
holy places. (t.p)
Zufar ibn al-hudhayl
()
One of the more
prominent pupils of abu hanifa. he was considered to be the most perceptive
in the correct use of analogy in legal reasoning. no books are transmitted
from him. he was qadi in basra where he died in 158/775 at the age of 84. (t.p)
Zuhd
()
Making do with
little of this of world and leaving what you do not need. (t.p)
Zuhhad
()
Plural of zahid. (t.p)
Zuhr
()
the obligatory salaah, prayer, that is performed in the afternoon right
after the sun moves away from it's zenith.
(c.m.j.e)
Zulaykha
()
The name given
for the wife of the 'aziz in the story of the prophet yusuf. (t.p)
Zulm
()
Injustice,
iniquity, tyranny. (t.p)
Zuyaf
()
Debased coins(t.p)
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