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Muslim Terms

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Safavids search for term

major dynasty ruling Persia (Iran) from 1501 to 1732

salat search for term

canonical prayer or worship, prescribed for Muslims five times daily; one of the five pillars of Islam

Sassanians search for term

dynasty which ruled the Persian Empire (one of the two major powers of the late antique Mediterranean world) at the time of Muhammad; Zoroastrian in religion

sawm search for term

fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam (see Ramadan)

Sevener search for term

see Isma’ili

Shafii search for term

one of the four main schools of law of Sunni Islam, named after Muhammad b. Idris al Shafii (767-820), widely known as the Father of Islamic Jurisprudence

shahada search for term

“witness,” the Muslim profession of faith (“there is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God”); one of the five pillars of Islam

shahadah search for term

“witness,” the Muslim profession of faith (“there is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God”); one of the five pillars of Islam

shaikh search for term

“elder” ; leader of a tribe; a learned, pious man or teacher; a Sufi mentor

shari'a search for term

the will of God, as expressed in the religious law of Islam

shari'ah search for term

the will of God, as expressed in the religious law of Islam

sharif search for term

notable person, a descendant of Muhammad

shaykh search for term

“elder” ; leader of a tribe; a learned, pious man or teacher; a Sufi mentor

Shaytan search for term

Satan

Shi-ah search for term

the “party” of Ali, who evolved a distinct understanding of the Islamic faith

Shi-is search for term

Muslim of the party of Ali

Shiite search for term

Muslim of the party of Ali

shirk search for term

polytheism; cardinal sin of associating something with God in worship, or of worshipping something other than God

Sufi search for term

a Muslim mystic

sunna search for term

“trodden path”; tribal custom of pre-Islamic Arabs; usually refers to the normative practice of the Prophet, as seen in the hadith reports

sunnah search for term

“trodden path”; tribal custom of pre-Islamic Arabs; usually refers to the normative practice of the Prophet, as seen in the hadith reports

Sunni search for term

one who adheres to the practices and the understanding of the faith of the majority Muslim community, not rejecting the legitimacy of the first three caliphs in favor of Ali

sura search for term

one of the 114 chapter divisions of the Qur’an

surah search for term

one of the 114 chapter divisions of the Qur’an