The custodian of an endowment (waqf) who undertakes responsibility for management of its assets and resources as well as its…

Arabic (نازلة) for a new occurrence that requires a new shari’ah ruling (hukm) or nomination (takyeef). A new occurrence refers…

Arabic (أهلية الأداء الكاملة) for being completely eligible for taklif/ takleef, i.e., the capacity (ahliyyah) of a person to enjoy...

Arabic (إهمال) for negligence which constitutes a failure to exercise an established, stipulated or customary set of rules and practices...

Arabic (المضارب) for the labor provider/ worker in a contract of mudaraba. Labor or work includes entrepreneurship, management, and investment...

A hired worker or a person that is employed or commissioned to provide a service for a prespecified remuneration (ujrah)....

An authoritative shari’a textual source (nass) whose authenticity is disputed by Muslim scholars. For example, for rulings based on qiyas,...

Arabic (نص قطعي) for an authoritative shari’a textual source (nass) whose authenticity is not a subject of dispute or speculation...

Arabic (تبرع) for voluntary donation. It may broadly involve any voluntary act without expecting or stipulating any compensation in return....

An Arabic term (تفريط) that literally translates as failure to do the needful or what ought to be done. In...