Shariah
Muslim legal code
Shariah is Islamic religious law derived from the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.
It covers matters of worship, daily life, family relations, and criminal justice.
In some countries, shariah governs civil and criminal matters; in others, it applies only to personal status issues like marriage and inheritance.
The court ruled according to shariah.
Also spelled sharia.
Islam's central scripture
- hadithRecorded prophetic narration
- sunnahTraditional Islamic practice
- ijmaUnanimous juristic agreement
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
scripture · prophetic · tradition · consensus · analogy · textual · divine · guidance
Islamic legal pronouncement
- ijmaUnanimous juristic agreement
- muftiIslamic law interpreter
- halalPermitted under Islamic law
- haramForbidden by Islamic law
sunnah · ruling · scholar · interpretation · precedent
Address to deity
- salatIslamic obligatory prayer
- zakatObligatory Islamic charity donation
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
pilgrimage · hajj · ablution · dietary · modesty · hijab · marriage · divorce
Islamic successor-led government
- qadiIslamic legal adjudicator
- judgeOne who decides
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
criminal · civil · family law · constitution · legislation · implementation · state · theocracy
No added cost for borrowing
- Islamic bankingSharia-compliant financial system
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
usury · profit-sharing · asset-backed · speculation · zakat · endowment · microfinance · screening
Quran
Islam's central scripture
- hadithRecorded prophetic narration
- sunnahTraditional Islamic practice
- ijmaUnanimous juristic agreement
revelation · scripture · prophetic · tradition · consensus · analogy · textual · divine · guidance · commandment
fatwa
Islamic legal pronouncement
haram · sunnah · ruling · scholar · interpretation · precedent
prayer
Address to deity
- salatIslamic obligatory prayer
- zakatObligatory Islamic charity donation
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
Ramadan · pilgrimage · hajj · ablution · dietary · modesty · hijab · marriage · divorce · inheritance
caliphate
Islamic successor-led government
punishment · criminal · civil · family law · constitution · legislation · implementation · state · theocracy · secularism
interest-free
No added cost for borrowing
- Islamic bankingSharia-compliant financial system
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
prohibition · usury · profit-sharing · asset-backed · speculation · zakat · endowment · microfinance · screening · permissible
- Islamic LawIslamic law, fatwa, fatwas, qadi, mufti
- IslamAllah, Quran, Muhammad, Mecca, Ramadan
- Islamic groupsSunni, Shia, Shiite, Sufi, Druze
- Islamic economicsIslamic finance, Islamic banking, zakat, bayt al-mal, interest-free
Shariahsecular law
Legal code without religious basis
civil law · human law · secularism · constitutional law · common law
Shariahseparation of church and state
Constitutional religious neutrality principle
secularism · secular humanism · liberal democracy · liberalism · democracy
- maqasid al-shariah
- Sharia lawIslamic religious legal framework
- sharia complianceFollowing Islamic legal requirements
- sharia courtReligious body applying Muslim jurisprudence