Fazl-e-Umar — Page 394
394 b ai’at: Pledge of allegiance. b ahishti Maqbara: Heavenly Graveyard. b ukhari: The most authentic book of Ahadith. d arsul Qur’an ( d arse): Exegesis (explaining the text) of the Qur’an. d ervesh: A down-to-earth person, a person looking after the holy places. Eid-ul-Adha: The festival of sacrifices. Fatwa: A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar. Hadith: A Saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad [saw]. The plural is “ahadith. ” Hafiz: A person who has memorised the entire text of the Holy Qur’an. Hajji: A person who has performed the pilgrimage of Kaaba in Mecca. Hakeem: A philosopher or a practitioner in natural medicine. Hadhrat: A term of respect used for a person of established righteousness and piety. Holy Prophet [saw] : A term used exclusively for Hadhrat Muhammad, the Founder of Islam (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Holy Qur’an: The Book sent by Allah for the guidance of humanity. It was revealed to the Holy Prophet [saw] , over a period of twenty-three years. Huzur: Your Holiness; His Holiness Imam: The Arabic word “Imam’ means a leader.