• Husainiyyah A building used to hold religious gatherings...
●Husainiyyah A building used to hold religious gatherings such as mourning sessions or Majaalis-e-Azaa’. • Hussain The famous grandson of the Holy Prophet who was martyred unjustly in Iraq 50 years after the Prophet's death. • 'Iddah Voluntary seclusion of a woman for a certain period of time after her husband proclaims the divorce or after her husband's death. • Ihraam A state wherein certain acts are prohibited as when performing the pilgrimage and in prayer.
●Ijaab One of the two essential elements of a contract ('Aqd): the consent. The other element is the acceptance or Qabool. • Ijaarah To rent, hire or lease something or someone. • Imaamah Leadership or the office of leadership. • Imamiyyah One of the names of the Shi'ah sect, meaning that it is related to the Imam. • Infallibles Those who are counted as pure and faultless in Shi'ah theology.
They include the (S), his daughter Fatimah, (AS), her husband Imam 'Ali, their two sons, Al-Hasan and Al-Hussain (AS) and the nine descendants of Al- Hussain (AS), the last of which is Imam Al-Mahdi (AS), whose reappearance we anxiously await. • Inqilaab The purification of wine due to the evaporation of two thirds of it when heated. • Intiqaal The transfer of an impurity, namely blood, from one person or animal to another person by means of an insect.
●Iqaamah Part of the call to prayer recited to announce the actual beginning of the prayer. • Irtimaasi Immersion, as Ghusl Irtimaasi, an immersion bath. • Ishkaal An objection or area of concern. • Istibraa’ The process of removing urine and semen from the urinary tract. Also, to quarantine an impurity eating animal until its system becomes clean again. • Istihaadhah Irregular bleeding in a woman not associated with menstruation (Haidh) or childbirth (Nifaas).
●Istihaalah Purification due to the physical change of the impure substance into another substance. • Ithna 'Ashari Twelve. UsuallyShi'ah Ithna 'Ashari, meaning one who follows the Holy Prophet (S) and the twelve Infallible A’immah. • Iwadhain The two items exchanged in a contract of sale, i.e., the commodity (Muthman)and the payment (Thaman). • Izaar Outer covering of the burial shroud or Kafan which covers the entire body. • Jaari Flowing, as in Maa’ul-Jaari or flowing water.
●Jabeerah A bandage, cast, splint and similar things which cover a wound or breakage. • Jallaal An animal contaminated by eating human feces in particular.
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