shari'a
(Redirected from Shari'a)
See also: sharia
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From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).
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shari'a (uncountable)
- (Islam) Traditional Islamic religious law primarily based on the Quran, but also the hadith and tafsir; it covers the totality of religious, political, social and private life, making no distinction between religion and life – in other words between transgressions of moral rules (sin) and of social rules.
- The legislation of shari'a here is very strict.
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Islamic religious law
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Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).
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shàr̆i'ā̀ f (plural shar̃i'ō'ī, possessed form shàr̆i'àr̃)
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From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).
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shari'a f (uncountable)