Arabic Term

Allah - (Arabic: اللّٰه, Allāh) is the standard
Arabic word for"God".  

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. 

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 

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

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

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

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

Takaful - Islamic Insurance

Trefah / Treif - Food not in accord with Jewish law 

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

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