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For example, to launch jihad through tongue and pen for the improvement and development of the Islamic society; an armed struggle against the exploitive forces is also jihad but this is ‘minor jihad ’ while a perpetual struggle against the evil wishes of one’s self is ‘major jihad ’. Jihad is one of the cardinal articles of Islam. kawthar: lit. abundance. A pond in Paradise. Maryam: the Prophet ‘Isa’s mother; Mary.

mawdu‘: a mawdu‘ tradition narrated by a liar, a narrator whose act of lying in relating traditions has been proved. sahih: sound. A hadith with an unbroken chain of narrators ranging from the *(Peace Be Upon Him and His Household)* and approaching an era through reliable narrators without being shadh (odd) or mu‘allal (faulty) in between the two cross relaters. shari‘ah: lit. road. It is a legal modality of a people based on the revelation of their prophet/messenger.

The last shari‘ah is that of Islam that abrogates all previous shari‘ahs . sunnah: pl. sunnahs . lit. the path, way or a form, the customary practice of a person or a group of people. It has come to refer almost exclusively to the legal way or ways, orders, statements and acts of worship, etc., of the *(Peace Be Upon Him and His Household)* which have become the models to be followed by the Muslims. surah: a chapter of the holy Qur’an. There are 114 chapters in the holy Qur’an.

Ya‘qub (Peace Be Upon Him) : the prophet Jacob. Yusuf (Peace Be Upon Him) : the prophet Joseph. zakat: a yearly fixed percentage of wealth and property of the Muslims liable to zakat to be paid to the poor and the needy of the Muslim Community. It is obligatory, as it is one of the five indispensable pillars of Islam. Previous…