إجازة الأستاذ أحمد لبن مدير المنتدى بقراءة الإمام عاصم الكوفي

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`Aalameen:
Mankind and jinn, universe.

Aameen:
O' Allaah accept our invocation.

Al-Hajar Al- Aswad:
The black stone placed at the corner beside the door of Ka`bah, in Makkah.

Al-Israa':
Lit the journey by night; name of the 117th Soorah of the Quran, the night journey of the Prophet from Makkah to Jerusalem on 27th of Rajab before Hijrah.

Ar-Rijs:
Evil deeds and sins.

Ar-Rujz:
The idols.

As-Saabiroon:
Sing. Saahir; The patient ones, people ready to bear all difficulties with patience for Islam.

As-Siddeeq:
The truthful, a person answering the call of Islam spontaneously.

Ooqiyah:
Pl. Awaaq; A measure of silver, equal to    forty Dirhams or 123 gms. of silver.

Bay`ah:
Pledge of allegiance.

Bay `ah Ar-Ridwaan:
A pledge to fight to the last was taken by the Prophet under a tree at Hudaybiyah when a news reached that `Uthmaan (who was there to negotiate) is martyred in Makkah. Later the news proved to be false and he returned to the Prophet.

Birr:
Righteousness, piety.

Da’wah:
Preaching, preaching Islam.

Diyah:
Blood money, i.e., compensation for homicide offered by the assassin to the survivors of the person killed in lieu of life for a life.

Eemaan:
Faith, belief.

Fajr:
Dawn, Dawn prayer, name of the 89th Soorah of the Quran.

Firdaws:
The highest station in Paradise.

Fitnah:
Tribulation, oppression.

Ghazwaah:
Pl. Ghazwaat, Military expedition especially the one participated by the Prophet.

Hasan:
Lit. Good; In Hadeeth terminology a prophetic Hadeeth with approved chain of transmitters but lesser than Saheeh.

Hijaab:
Veil.

Hawdaj:
A litter carried by a camel, a seat for two or more, usually with a canopy.

Ifk:
Forged statement, lie.

Ihraam:
Dress code for `Umrah and Hajj.

Illiyeen:
A register wherein the good deeds of the pious and righteous people are recorded.

`Ishaa`:
The Night prayer.

Ma`roof:
Lit. Well known, generally accepted; All that which Islam ordains.

Mahr:
Bridal money paid by the groom to his bride at the time of Nikaah — marriage contract.

Mahram:
Being in a degree of consanguinity precluding marriage, a man whom a woman may never marry because of the degree of closeness of the blood-    relationship, i.e., father, brother, son, uncle, father-in-law, etc. A woman is not required to veil in front of him.

Masad:
Palm fiber, mentioned in 111th Soorah of the Quran.

Masaakeen:
Sing. Miskeen; Poor, needy.

Mawla:
Pl. Mawaalee; Lord, Master, Protector and also slave, freed slave, with whom a tie of mawld is established usually by having been slaves and then set free.

Mu'aththin:
Caller to prayer.

Mudd:
Pl. Amdaad or Midaad; a measure of volume, approximately a double-handed scoop.

Mujaahid:
Pl. Mujaahideen; A fighter for the cause of Allaah.

Nawaafil:
Sing. Nafl; Optional acts of worship like, prayer, fasting, etc.

Rak'ah:
A unit in prayer.

Rooh:
Pl. Arwaah; the soul, vital spirit.

Sadaqaat:
Sing. Sadaqah; Alms in general and also Zakaah.

Saheeh:
Authentic, a Hadeeth term used to denote    the narration most authentic and acceptable.

Sakeenah:
Tranquility, calmness, reassurance.

Salaam:
Peace.

Sawm:
Fasting, a pillar of Islam.

Seerah:
Biography, generally Prophet's and his companions biography.

Shahaadah:
Twin testimony of faith, i.e., there is no deity save and except Allaah and Muhammad is His messenger.

Soorah:
Chapter of the Quran.

Takbeer:
To say, `Allaahu Akbar' — `Allaah is All-Great'.

Tashahhud:
Lit. To make Shahaadah; Sitting in the second and/ or the last Rak`ah — unit of prayer — after Sajdah — prostration — and reciting Tahaiyyaat.

Tawheed:
Oneness of Allaah, Islamic monotheism.

`Umrah Al-Qadaa’:
An `Umrah which could, for any reason, not be performed and is compensated.

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