Ta'keed: Confirmation / emphasis

Ta-assuf: Injustice.

Ta-bi-een: Successors of the companions.

Taahir: Clean from impurity.

Tafseer: Commentary / translation.

Tafweed: To delegate.

Tahleel: To make halal.

Taif: A city in Saudi Arabia.

Tais al musta-ar: A pimp.

Talaq: Divorce.

Talaq al hazil: One who divorces a wife in jest.

Talaq al mareed maradul mout: The talaq of one who is terminally ill.

Talaq al Mukhtee: The talaq of one who has made a mistake.

Talaq al Mukrih: The talaq of a person who is coerced to divorce his wife.

Talaq al Murtad: The talaq of the apostate.

Talaq al Safeeh: The talaq of one who is simple or foolish.

Talaq al Sakran: The talaq of the intoxicated person.

Talaq al Sareeh: The direct form of speech.

Talaq al Ta-assuf: Talaq unjustly issued.

Talaq ba-in: An irrevocable talaq.

Talaq ba-in baynoo-natun sughra: A minor irrevocable divorce decree.

Talaq ba-in baynoonatun kubra: A major irrevocable divorce decree i.e. three talaqs were issued.

Talaq bid-iy:: A talaq which is haram.

Talaq Ghayrul Muslim: The talaq of the non-Muslim.

Talaq mu-allaq: A talaq which is suspended.

Talaq mudaf: A talaq which is attached to something.

Talaq munjiz: A talaq, which is immediately implemented.

Talaq raj-ee: A revocable divorce decree.

Talaq Sunniy al-ahsan: The sunnah talaq which is the best.

Talaqul Ghadban: The talaq of one who is extremely angry.

Tamr: Dry dates.

Taqdeem al Shart: A rule/condition brought forward without delay.

Taqwa: Piety - fear of Allah / consciousness in religion.

Tarwiyah: The eighth day of the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar.

Tasamuh: Forbearance, indulgence, tolerance, forgiveness.

Tasbeeh: Praising and glorifying the name of Allah.

Tau-keel: Power of attorney/Power of representation.

Taubah: To repent.

Tauheed: The absolute Oneness of Allah.

Tawaf al-Ifadah / Tawaf az-Ziyarah: The obligatory Tawaf of Hajj.

Tawaf: Circling the Ka'bah in worship.

Tawliyah: Sale at cost without any profit for the seller.

Tayyamum: Substitute for wudhu and ghusl in certain circumstances.

Thawaab: Reward from Allah.

Thay-yib: A divorcee or widow.

Thi-har: Injurious assimilation of wife to her mother/sister etc.

Thimmiy: The name of a non-Muslim living under Muslim sovereignty and paying Jizyah (taxes).

Thulm: Injustice.

Tijaarah: Trade


"U"
Udhiyah: The same meaning as Qurbaan.

Ulama: Learned men.

Umm al-Mu'minin: The mothers of the believers - title given to the wives of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) because they are regarded as the mothers of all believers.

Ummah: Refers to the whole Muslim community, irrespective of colour, race, language or nationality.

Ummul mu'mineen: Mother of the faithful.

Umrah: Lesser pilgrimage to Makkah , performed at any time of the year.

Umrah al-Qada: The fulfilled 'Umrah - the 'Umrah which the Prophet performed in the seventh year after Hijrah which he intended to do in the sixth year but the Quraysh unbelievers had not allowed him to complete.

Urf: Customary.

Uroodut-Tijaarah: Trade merchandise.

Ushr: Ten percent (in some cases five percent) of the agricultural produce payable by a Muslim as part of his religious obligation, like zakaat, mainly for the benefit of the poor and the needy.

Ushr:: Tenth.

Uzza: One of the major idols in pre-Islamic Arabia.


"W"
Waajib (p1. Waajibaat): Compulsory.

Wadee-Ah: Something one is entrusted with.

Wadee-ah: Entrustment.

Wadi-ah: Sale at a loss.

Wajib: Necessary.

Wakeel: Representative.

Waleemah: A wedding feast given by the bride groom after the marriage.

Wally: Representative.

Wally Mujbir: The father and grandfather of a young maiden and who has judicial authority to marry her off to a suitable person without first acquiring her permission and satisfaction.

Waqaf: Endowment.

Waqtu: Time.

Wasiy-yah: Bequest.

Wudhu: Obligatory washing before Salaah and other acts.


"Y"
Yameen: Oath.

Yathrib: The first name of Madinah.


"Z"
Zakaah: The amount payable by a Muslim on his net worth as a part of his religious obligation, mainly for the benefit of the poor and the needy.

Zakaatu-rib Hut Tijaarah: Zakaah of profits of merchandise.

Zakaatul: Huboob Zakaah of grain/corn.

Zakaatul Ma'dan: Zakaah of minerals.

Zakaatur Rikaaz: Zakaah of treasure/precious stones.

Zawwal: Mid-day, when the sun is at its Zenith (highest point).

Zil Hijjah: 12th month of the Islamic calendar.

Zina: Adultery.

Zuhr: The afternoon prayer.

Zulm: A comprehensive term used to refer to all forms of inequity, injustice, exploitation, oppression, and wrong doing, whereby a person either deprives others of their rights or does not fulfil his obligations towards them.