Arabic and Hebrew Term

Allah – (Arabic: اللّٰه, Allāh) is the standard
Arabic word for”God”.

Al-gharar ( gharar ) – risk or ”that whose consequences are hidden.”

As-Salât – The prayer

Ayat  - Arabic word for sign or miracle

Dibagh – washing method and ritual cleansing according to Shariah law

Dhabiĥa Halal  Dhabh (ذبيحة حلال) - refers to meat and poultry properly slaughtered by a Muslim according to Islamic rituals and laws

Fiqh (Arabic: فقه) – Islamic jurisprudence. It is an expansion of what is called the Divine Law

Fiqh al-Muamalat – Islamic rules on transactions

Hadith (الحديث transliteration: al-ḥadīth)- are oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of Muhammad

Halal(حلال, ḥalāl, halaal)- an Arabic term meaning “permissible”.

Hanafi -Among the four established Sunni schools of legal thought in Islam, the Hanafi school is the oldest

Hanbali (Arabic: حنبلى ) – is one of the four schools (Madhhabs) of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam

Hari Raya Aidilfitri - Eid ul-Fitr or Id-Ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘Īd al-Fiṭr), often abbreviated as simply Eid, is an Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting

Halkoom – Windpipe / Trachea

Haram حرم  and حراHaraam Arabic: حرام Harām, Bosnian: Haram, Turkish: Harâm – mean “forbidden”

Libba – Breast Bone

Mirree -Throat / Oesophagus

Maliki - madhab (Arabic مالكي) is one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam

Makrooh – Disliked

Murabaha -defined as a particular kind of sale or mortgage, compliant with shariah

Makruh – Discourage

Mubah – Neither forbidden nor commended

Mudharabah – Profit Sharing

Musharakah – Joint Venture

Murabahah – Cost Plus

Mudaraba – Venture Capital

Musharaka – Profit Sharing

Mushbooh – Suspected

Musthabahat - On the borderline between the Halal and Haram

Mashbuh – Having Doubt

Mughallazah filth –  In contact with Haram

Najis نجس – filthy

Najasa  - Unclean

Ibadah – Worship

Imam Arabic: إمام, Persian: امام) – Islamic leader

Ijara wa Iqtina – Shariah compliant mortgages

Ijtihad  اجتهاد – Islamic law that describes the process of making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the legal sources

Kashrut, Kosher, Kashrut or  kashruth, kashrus (Hebrew: כַּשְרוּת, kašrûṯ )  is the name of the Jewish dietary laws

Ijarah -lease, rent or wage

Prophet Muhammad – was the founder of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as the last messenger and prophet of God

Qur’an – is the central religious text of Islam

Qibla – direction of Mecca

Riba – “Usury” or excessive and exploitative charging of interest

Samak  –  Islamic Cleaning and Sanitation

Shaitân – Satan

Sharia - Is the body of Islamic law

Shafi’ – A prominent school of Islamic jurisprudence

Sheik  - A respected old man

Sochet - Jewish slaughterman

Shechita – Kosher slaughtering ritual

Sunnah – The way of the prophet

Shubhah -  Suspicion

Syubhah – Questionable or dubious

Sunnis – The largest denomination of Islam

Taharah - Purity

Takaful – Islamic Insurance

Trefah/ Treif – Food not in accord with Jewish law 

Toyyib – Good

Ulema علماء, Ulama, Ulamā – The people of Islamic Knowledge

Wadiah –  Safekeeping

Wadijan –  Jugular veins

Yasir – Minor risk

Zabiha – Islamic slaughter

Zakat – Is the Islamic concept of tithing and alms

Zahiri – Is a school of thought in Islamic Jurisprudence