Kafir: unbeliever.

Kafir: unbeliever. Karbala: a famous city in Iraq. It was built after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Karbala is the city on the land of which the Imam Hussein was martyred. Khadeejah: the first wife of the Prophet and is remembered as a great woman in Islamic history Khalid Ibn Abdullah Ibn Oseid: one of the Omayad appointed governors by the third caliph Othman. Kharijis: extremist fanatic Muslims appeared during Imam Ali's rule as violent opponents.

Kheibar: Arab Jewish community who lived at the time of the Prophet in Hijaz about eighty miles from Medina. Ibn Khumeis: a man who was an aide of an Omayad appointed governor of Kufa. Kinanah: an Arab tribe who lived in Hijaz during the time of the Prophet. Kufa: a major city in Iraq during the life of Ali. M Maghafeer: a sticky secretion of a particular tree which had an undesirable aroma. Makhzoom: a Qureshite tribe lived in Mecca at the time of the Prophet.

Malik Al-Ashtar: a Muslim hero and a staunch supporter and student of Imam Ali. Marwan: son of Al-Hakam from Omayad. He influenced Othman the third Caliph to derail from the precept of the first two Caliphs. Musnad: a book of Hadith written by Imam Ahmad Ibn Hunbul. Mecca: the holy city which was built around the Kaaba. Medina: the city to which the Prophet migrated and made it the capital of the Islamic State.

Mihras: a little collective place of water Moat: the ditch which was dug around Medina to prevent the enemies of Islam from entering the city. Muaweya: son of Abu Sufyan who fought the Imam Ali the brother of the Prophet Mubahalah: a contest prayer in which two parties ask God to pursue the wrong one. Mujtahid: a Muslim scholar who can form an independent opinion in the Islamic law based on the Qur'an and the Prophet's teaching.

Mustadrak: a book authored by Al-Hakim Al-Neesaboory Mutah: a temporary marriage. Mutawatir: a hadith reported by numerous companions. N Naathal: name of a bearded Arab Jew who lived during the seventh century at the time of Othman the Third Caliph. Nadwa: a Qureshite club whose members were the chiefs of Mecca during the time of the Prophet. Nahjul-Balaghah: a book contains a collection of the Sermons of the Imam Ali his messages and words.

Najd: an Arab country which is now a portion of Saudi Arabia. Najran: a city in Yemen was populated by an Arab Christian community during the time of the Prophet. O Ohod: a place near Medina at which the battle of Ohod occurred between the Prophet and the Pagans of Mecca.