Glossary of Islam - J

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Jaa'iz (جائز)

That which is allowed or permissible. As a rule, everything that is not prohibited is allowed. (See halal, mustahabb, mandub)

Jahannam (جهنم)

the Hell-fire; Hell

Jāhiliyyah (الجاهليّة)

the time of ignorance before Islam was realized. Describes polytheistic religions.

Jahl (جهل)

ignorance, arrogance.

Jalsa - sitting.

Jāmi‘ah (جامعة)

"gathering"; i.e. a university, a mosque, or more generally, a community or association.

Janaba(جنابة )

A state of spiritual impurity that occur due to sexual intercourse or ejaculation and necessitates major ritual ablution (ghusl),

Janaza (جنازة)

funeral prayer

Jannah (جنة)

Paradise, Heaven, the Garden

Jazakallahu Khayran (جزاك الله خير)

"May God reward you for the good." Islamic expression of gratitude.

Jihād (جهاد)

struggle. Any earnest striving in the way of God, involving personal, physical, for righteousness and against wrongdoing;

Jihād al Saghir

Offensive jihad declared by caliph.

Jihād al talab

Offensive jihad.

Jihād al daf’a

Defensive jihad.

Jihād bil mal

Financial jihad.

Jihād bis saif ( جهاد بسيف)

literally 'struggle by the sword'; holy war.

Jilbāb (جلباب)

(pl. jalabib) a long, flowing, garment worn by some as a more conservative means of fulfillment of sartorial hijab. (See also: abaya. burka, chador)

Jinn (جنّ)

An invisible being of fire

Jizya (جزية)

A tax specified in the Koran (9:29) to be paid by non-Muslim males living under Muslim political control.

Juhud

To deny. Jaahid (the denier). Disbelief out of rejection. When there comes to them that which they have recognized, they refuse to believe in (kafaru) it. ( 2:89) Accordingly, juhud includes rejection (kufr at-taktheeb) and resistance (kufr al-‘inaad)

Jumu‘ah (جمعة)

Friday prayer

Junub

an unclean state of body as in breaking Wudu

Janabat

an unclean state of body caused by discharge of semen or sexual intercourse

Juz' (جزء)

one of thirty parts of the Qur'an