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Shadhdh.
- Literally means "anomalous"; in the Q. classifi literature, it refers to a Prophetic tradition that is attributable to only a single source of authority and differs from reports drawn from other transmitters.

Shar(a.
- Moral discourses and legal procedures that are often glossed as "Islamic Law. ''

Sunna.
-
Describes the practices of the Prophet and his Companions, and is consid- ered the second most important source for the derivation of Islamic laws after the Quran in Islamic jurisprudence.

Tagharrub.
- Westernization .

Tal[Iq. -
In Islamic jurisprudence, it refers to the tendency in twentieth--century Islam to combine various opinions from the four schools of Islamic law and a de--emphasis on fi lity to any one school.

Tarhib/takhwif.
- Literally means intimidation; in Islamic homiletic literature, it refers to a rhetorical style that invokes fear of God in the listener (its antonym is
targhTb,
meaning to invoke desire for or love of God in the listener).

Taqwa.
- Piety or virtuous fear;
taqwa
is used in the Quran for both "piety" and "fear of God" and often used interchangeably with the terms
khashya
and
khauf.

Vlamif
- Islamic religious scholars.

Zina
'. - Adultery, fornication.

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