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1. Aqeedah: Creed.
2. Bid'ah: An innovation or novelty; in this book it refers to religious innovations.
3. Dinar & Dirham: A type of money.
4. Fareedah: An obligatory act of worship.
5. Fitnah: Trial, strife and tribulation.
6. Hadeeth: Prophetic Tradition.
7. Hawd: The Pool which Allah, the Exalted, has granted our Prophet  on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever drinks from it once, would never feel thirsty again.
 8. Hudood: Castigatory punishments in Islam.
 9. Hukm: Ruling.
10. Ijtihaad: In general, it is the exertion of effort. In this book it refers to exertion of one's effort to reach a ruling in an issue.
11. I'tikaaf: In general, it refers to seclusion. I'tikaaf is an act of worship whereby the person secludes himself in the Masjid and worships Allah.
12. Iman: Belief.
13. Jannah: This is the Heavenly Abode or Heavenly Gardens which Allah grants the pious slaves in the Hereafter. It is mistranslated as 'Paradise'.
14. Kufr: Disbelief.
15. Nafl: Supererogatory acts of worship.
16. Shaitan: Satan.
17. Shari'ah: Islamic Jurisprudential Law.
18. Shirk: Associating partners with Allah.
19. Sunnah: Has more than one meaning. It may refer to:
a. Prophetic Traditions. Every Religious Innovation is a Means of Misguidance
b. Rulings; i.e. it would then mean that the act is endorsed by the Sunnah.
20. Taraweeh: Night prayers, which are prayed during Ramadhan.
21. Taqwah: Piety.
22. Ummah: Nation.
23. Wali: The pious, god-fearing, upright Muslim, who is mindful of Allah, observes acts of worship, and abstains from the unlawful

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