Trade; Business.

Contract, Agreement, Bond. Synonymous with the word "contract" in modern law.

The financial charge for using services (wage, salary, allowance, commission, fee).

The principle that one is entitled to a gain only if one agrees to bear the responsibility for the loss. Earning profit is legitimised only by risk-sharing and engaging in an economic venture. This provides the rationale and the principle of profit-sharing in Shirkah (partnership) arrangements.

Plural of Mal which means worldly possessions including both property and money (wealth).

See Ijarah.

See Wadia.

An Arabic word meaning "a known, or clear, legal injunction". Word or text with single meaning; text from the work of a jurist.

Plural of Hukum.

The just price.