The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 578
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 578 Rukū‘: The bowing position in the Ṣalāt. Rukhsatānah: A ceremony held after the Nikāḥ, in which the lady officially begins her married life with her husband and begins to practically live with him. It is after the Rukhsatānah that a marriage is consummated. Ṣā‘: A famous unit of measurement utilised by the Arabs. Ṣadaqatul-Fiṭr: See page 113 for details. Ṣafiyyah: See page 86 for more details Ṣaḥīḥ: This is the most authentic type of Ḥadīth which is categorized by the attributes of its narrators. Its narrators must be renowned for their high level of honesty, trustworthiness, worship and fasting, adherence to religious law, memory and understanding. No narrators should be missing from the chain of narrators. It literally means, ‘authentic’ or ‘correct’. Sariyyah: A military campaign, expedition or war in which the Holy Prophet sa did not participate. Ṣalāt: The prescribed formal prayers offered by Muslims as their primary form of worship. Shahīd: Generally refers to a martyr, who gives his life for the sake of Allāh, and dies fighting for a noble cause. However, this word also example, marrying someone who is already tied to someone else in a bond of matrimony, etc. Nikāḥ-e-Fāsid: A Nikāḥ , which lacks certain conditions as stipulated in the Sharī‘at, for example, if at the time of Nikāḥ , permission of the Walī has not been sought, or if witnesses were not present at the time of announcement, or if a man marries a woman during her ‘Iddat , etc. Pardah: Literally means ‘a veil’ and refers to the segregation of male and female. It also refers to the clothes or head coverings by which this segregation or concealment is actualized. Qiblah: Direction to be faced during the Ṣalāt. Rāhib: An arabic word for a monk or recluse. Raḥmatullil-‘Ālamīn: A title of the Holy Prophet sa , endowed upon him by God Almighty in the Holy Qur’ān, which literally means ‘A Mercy to Mankind’. Rajab: The seventh month of the Islāmic Calendar and the second of the ‘Four Sacred Months’. Rak‘at: A single cycle in the Ṣalāt. Every Ṣalāt is composed of two or more Rak‘āt. Riwāyat: The chain of narrators in any tradition of the Holy Prophet sa by which the authenticity of a tradition can be determined.