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Sharikat al-‘Inan

Arabic (شركة العنان) for a partnership (musharaka) that is formed by two or more parties, each of them contributes a...

Ihsan

Arabic (إحسان) for benevolence/ doing good and also doing one's work (ibdah and mundane endeavors) with excellence and perfection. In...

Istihsan

Arabic (استحسان) for a doctrine of Islamic law (shari'a) that implies reconsidering an action, behavior, or practice that was impermissible...

Damascus Ratl

Invented and used in Damascus (Dimashq- modern-day Syria), it is an Islamic measure of weight (in Arabic script الرطل الدمشقي)...

Dimashq’s Ratl

Invented and used in Damascus (Dimashq- modern-day Syria), it is an Islamic measure of weight (in Arabic script الرطل الدمشقي)...

Awqiyyah

An Islamic measure of weight (also, uqiyyah; in Arabic script أوقية) that is equal to 8 mithqal (mathaqeel) or 40...

Uqiyyah

An Islamic measure of weight (also, awqiyyah; in Arabic script أوقية) that is equal to 8 mithqal (mathaqeel) or 40...

Al-Uqud Ghayr al-Musammat

A class of contracts to which shari’a neither assigned specific names nor handled in details their respective rules and stipulations....

Aqd al-Musaqat

A type of partnership contract (aqd al-musharaka) in which the owner of an orchard (bustan- in Arabic script: بستان) agrees...

Aqd al-Wakala

In Islamic finance, agency (wakala, وكالة in Arabic) is a contract (aqd) between two counterparties: an agent (wakeel) and principal...