At your service!

At your service!" Taleeq: an unconfined man of Mecca who remained heathen till the conquest of Mecca Taqiyya: one's way of exerting precaution in order to save his life when it is in jeopardy, Shi`as' way of trying to survive against the presence of sure perils Taqleed: the concept of following a mujtahid or an authority recognized as the a`alam, the most knowledgeable in Islamics Taraweeh: prayers performed in congregation by Sunnis during the nights of the month of Ramadan Tareeqa: a Sufi method of conducting rituals, a Sufi code of ritualistic religious conduct Tawatur: consecutive reporting, the tracing of one particular hadith to its respective chronological chain of narrators Tawhid: the concept of the absolute Unity of God, the belief that God is One and indivisible, One__and Only__God Tayammum: the rubbing of the hands and the face with clean dust by someone who is either in the state of uncleanness or cannot find water or has no time to perform the ablution Umra: the pilgrimage to Mecca during any time other than the prescribed (first ten) days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah Usul: the basics of jurisprudence Wahi: revelation through the medium of an archangel or divine inspiration Wali: master, supreme authority combining in himself both temporal and religious authority Wasi: trustee, executor of a will, regent, successor of a prophet Wilayat: the following of a wali (see above) Wudu: ablution Zakat: Literally, it means "purification;" it is a compulsory 2.5% tax on one of three categories of wealth: 1) metal coins (gold, silver, etc.), 2) grain crops (barley, wheat, grain, rice, etc.), and 3) animals raised for food consumption.