shari'a
See also: sharia
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).
Noun
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 law here is very strict.
Translations
Islamic religious law
|