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Books & Knowledge: 66 Islamic terms and their meanings

In Deen Words these 66 terms belong to the topic Books & Knowledge. Each one is listed with the short meaning the game shows once you have found the word in the grid.

Alim
Scholar
Arbain
Forty hadith, work of Nawawi
Athar
Report from a companion
Ayah
Verse
Bayyinah
Clear proof
Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari, most famous collection
Daif
Weak hadith
Dalil
Evidence, proof
Dars
Lesson, class
Faraid
Islamic inheritance law
Fatwa
Legal opinion
Fiqh
Islamic jurisprudence
Hadith
Narration from the Prophet
Hafiz
One who memorized the Quran
Hasan
Good hadith, below sahih
Hizb
Quran section, half a juz
Hukm
Legal ruling
Idgham
Merging of two letters
Ijazah
Licence to teach
Ijma
Scholarly consensus
Ijtihad
Independent legal reasoning
Ilm
Knowledge
Injil
The Gospel, revealed to Isa
Isnad
Chain of narration
Jarh
Criticism of narrators
Juz
One thirtieth of the Quran
Kitab
Book
Madhhab
School of law
Madrasa
School
Makhraj
Point of articulation
Maqasid
Objectives of the shariah
Matn
Text of a hadith
Mufti
Scholar who gives legal opinions
Mushaf
Written copy of the Quran
Musnad
Collection ordered by narrator
Mutawatir
Mass-transmitted hadith
Muwatta
Hadith work of Imam Malik
Nahw
Arabic grammar
Naskh
Abrogation of a ruling
Qari
Reciter
Qiraat
Recognised Quran readings
Qiyas
Analogical reasoning
Quran
The Book of Allah
Rawi
Narrator of a hadith
Riwayah
Narration of a report
Sahih
Authentic
Sharh
Commentary on a work
Shariah
Islamic law
Shaykh
Teacher, scholar
Sirahalso: Seerah, Sira
Biography of the Prophet
Suhuf
The Scrolls of Ibrahim and Musa
Sukun
Mark for no vowel
Sunnah
Way of the Prophet
Surah
Chapter of the Quran
Tafsir
Quran exegesis
Tajwidalso: Tajweed
Rules of recitation
Taqlid
Following a jurist
Tartil
Measured recitation
Tawrat
The Torah, revealed to Musa
Tazkiyah
Purification of the soul
Thiqah
Trustworthy narrator
Ulama
Scholars
Urf
Custom as a legal source
Usul
Principles of jurisprudence
Wahy
Revelation
Zabur
The Psalms, revealed to Dawud