BADIYYAH       -a desert arid erea, topography ,   BAWADDI pl.

BAI'AH          -The oath of allegience to a Sheikh,either a sufi sheikh or an AMIR who leads a group of Muslims; tribal or otherwise . Formal acceptance of that Sheikhs spiritual guidance and leadership .Bayat ul- Qur'an is an oath made upon the Qur'an when a fighter inlists to fight JIHAD     see  AL-  AHD

BALLIGHU ANNI   WA-LAW   AYA   "convey my messege (QUR'AN ) even 'tho a single verse " This is a FARD commandment of prophet MUHAMMED     (S.A.W.S.)   It is FARD KIFAYA     This is how sufism got started .EARLY Muslims travelled all throughout the trade routes and also to remote ereas , they taught he DIVINE NAMES  and QURAN by word of mouth with no priestly class ,directly -person to person.

BASIRAT     - blindness of insight. You made an assumption about someone in a way that he /she did not deserve. ill assumptions .You are punished by allah if you maintain those thoughts -Hulusi

BASIT     - seeing Allah in all the objects in the universe. This particular notion is from hinduism and was implanted into sufi thought during the Moghul era . All such hindu accretions  are SHIRK "Qul hu wa'aalah ho Ahad Allah hus-Samad, Lam yulid wa 'lam yu lad wa'lam ya qunla hu kufu wan ahad " Say  Allah is ONE he begets not, nor is he begotten and none is like unto him . " Al Qur'an . SAMAD  : not like his creation,not like anything . 

BAYT  ALLAH       -The house of ALLAH .  The structure in MAKKA which contains the BLACK STONE .The KAABA itself . The holiest place in the Holy city

.BARZAKH       -Divine mysteries. The period spanning over death and ressurection

BAQAA'     - The conciousness of survival in Allah.  see Futuh Al Ghaib   ,

Batin: Hidden

BID'A    BIDA'A ,pl.      -departure from tradition, heresy, false practice. For example taking for protectors other than ALLAH,while simultaneosly undermining ones fellow Muslims . The legal system which mixes European military law with Sharia, contravention of the QUR'AN. all BIDA.

BIDA     -"The worst things are those that are novelties. Every novelty is an innovation,every innovation is an error.And every error leads to hellfire.-HADITH  the sunnah of Muhammed, sala alaihi wa'salem .

BILAD Al -MAKHZAN         -land of the government treasury and taxation

BILAD AL-SIBA     - land of tribal dissidence -Ibn Khadun ( the worlds 1st sociologist)

BATIN        -hidden ,There is also an esoteric meaning relating to the interpretation of Qur'an 

HUKUMA  BATINIYYA        -hidden government , through the influence of saints  

HUKUMA  ZAHIRIYYA        -visible government (secular authorities) reff. Gellner

BILAL  IBN- RABAH   -He was the first MUEZZIN in Islam.   As a slave he was subject to torture by Ommaya Ibn Khazaf. Bilal would not renounce Islam and cried "AHADUN "one god" "AHADUN " ABU BAKR set him free , he lived in Syria  D. 20 A.H. at the age of 63

BIRR        -acting well, being virtuous, pious toward ALLAH and parents, behaving courteously.   Fillial piety, righteous, kindness, good treatment

BI' THAT    - The year that Muhammad, May Allahs peace and Blessings be upon him ,was informed that he was the prophet.

BI 'THAH      - The begining of the  Muhammed's prophethood,Sala alaihi wa salem .  His call to prophethood in 610c.e.

BULUUGH       -The age of puberty in males and females in Islam . All Muslims are considered ADULT  when they reach puberty and are required to assume adult responsibility for their Islamic practice and following the Sharia .Madhabs do not agree about the details and interpretation .A child can publically declare this for themselves and their declaration must be accepted. . Muslims at the age of puburty carry full adult responsibilities and rights and moral duties.hanafi madhab 18 for boys and 17 girls some Hanafi say 15 for both. Shafii say 12 for boys and 9 for girls.  

BURUJ     -Zodiac . A zodiacal caste system like the one used in Babylonia. Also descibed in the Dhimmi 's Injeel as book of revelations.  This also comes from the time of JAHILIYYA .Gujarati accretions upon Islam . The incorporation of vedic notions and customsas well as the greek system taken to India by Iskandar .Predicting the future is clearly forbidden in the Qur'an and is jahiliyya shirk . reff hughes ,72-78 and Mishkat XXIC.1

Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Towards the end of the world swindlers shall be born. They shall tell you things you never will have heard before, nor will your forebears have heard them. Save yourself from their influence and let them keep away from you lest they should mislead you into wrongdoing. Saheeh Muslim

Abu Sa’id, may Allah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "You shall imitate your predecessor in every way; you shall follow in their footsteps step by step. It shall come to pass that if they had entered the hole of a lizard, you will do the same." Someone asked the Prophet, "O prophet of Allah, do you mean the Jews and the Christians when you said that we shall follow our predecessor ?" The Prophet replied "Yes, who else?" Saheeh Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim.

Abu Hurairah,may Allah be pleased with him, related that the prophet Muhammad,may Allah bless him and grant him peace,said: Allah Taala said: The gates of paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and every servant ( of Allah ) who associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except for a man who has a grudge against his brother ( i. e. another Muslim).It will be said( about them), "Delay these two until they are reconciled". Saheeh Muslim

BA’ATH: In Islamic terminology, this means the resurrection of the Muslims and the Kuffar (unbelievers). The Ba’ath of the Kuffar (unbelievers) and the subsequent stages leading to the Nar (Hellfire) is in five stages: (1). The Kuffar will be raised with all their senses being active, i.e. they will be able to feel, see, hear, smell and taste. (2). On their way to the place of judgment they will still have their senses active. (3). They will be judged with all their senses intact.(4). On their way to Nar (Hellfire) they will lose all their senses. (5). When put into the Nar (Hellfire), they will regain all their senses so as to feel Allah Ta’ala's wrath.

BAATIL: Evil, False.

BAATIN: Baatin has no exact translation, but the closest translation is "what is inwardly hidden, unseen; the thing or feeling that is being hidden away from human vision or knowledge." No created being has the ‘Ilm al-Baatin (the knowledge of the unseen), except with the permission of Allah Ta’ala. The knowledge of the unseen belongs to Allah Ta’ala only. Anyone who claims to have or claims that someone else has the knowledge of the unknown is in fact Shirk (associating a created being with Allah Ta’ala in his Attributes). Antonym Dhahir.

BAATIN (AL): "Al-Baatin". Has no literal meaning, but indicates "the Inwardly Hidden". It also means the One Who is close to his Creation by His Knowledge, Sight and Hearing. One of Ninety-nine Attributes of Allah Ta’ala.

BAB AL-RAIYAN: The name of one of the eight gates of Jannah (Paradise) through which the people who often observes fasting will enter on the Day of Judgment. See Jannah.

BADANA: A she-camel offered as a sacrifice. Plural: Budn.

BADR: Site of the first battle between early Muslims and the pagans of the Quraish in 2AH. Badr is located about 150km South of al-Madinah al-Munawara. The Muslim army consisted of 313 men and the Quraish had a total of 1000 soldiers, archers and horsemen, See Holy Qur’an, Al-Anfal (8):5-19, 42-48, Aali Imran (3):13.

BAGHIA: Prostitute. This is the accusation that the Jews levelled against the Virgin Mary (mother of Prophet Isa (Jesus), peace be upon them , when she conceived the prophet Isa, peace be on him, without a father. May Allah curse those whoever harbor such an accusation.

BAGYAN: Rejecting or disobeying, not through conviction, but through personal greed, jealousy, the desire to be different or just for show. See Holy Qur’an, Aale ‘Imran (3):19.

BAHIRAH (AL): A milking she-camel, whose milk used to be spared for idols and other false deities.

BAI'AH: A pledge given by the citizens etc. to their Imam (Muslim Ruler) to be obedient to him according to the Islamic religion. 

BAITUL HAMD: House of praise to Allah in the Akhira (Hereafter).

BAITUL MA’MUR (AL): House of Allah over the Seventh Heaven where the Malaikah (angels) pray.

BAITUL MADARIS: A place in al-Madinah that used to be a Jewish center.

BAITUL MAL: An Islamic treasury intended for the benefit of the Masaken (needy Muslims) and not for the leaders or the wealthy.

BAITUL MAQDIS (MASJID AL-AQSA): The famous Masjid (mosque) in Al-Quds (Jerusalem). It was the first Qiblah of Islam. Then Allah Ta’ala ordered Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to face the first house of Allah (the ka’ba) at Makkah al-Mukarramah. Baitul Maqdis is the third greatest Masjid in t he Islamic world, the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah and the second being Masjid al-Rasool, may Allah bless and grant him peace, at al-Madinah. It is from the surroundings of Baitul maqdis that Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ascended to heaven. See Holy Qur’an, Al-Isra (17):1.

BAIT-UL-MIDRAS: A place in Madinah (and it was a Jewish center).

BAI'AT UR-RIDWAN: The oath and pledge taken by the Sahabah at Al-Hudaibiyah in the year of 6H to fight Quraish in case they harmed 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) who had gone to negotiate with them and reported to have been taken captive.

BALAM: Means an Ox.

BABU AL-ASFAR: The Byzantines.

BAKKA: Another name for Makkah. See Holy Qur’an, Ale ‘Imran (3):96.

BALAD (AL): "The City’ of Makkah. Surah 90 of the Holy Qur’an.

BANI AL-ASFAR: The Byzantines.

BANI ISRAEL: "Tribe of Israel" The descendants of the twelve sons of Yacoub, who was also called Israel, the son of Ishaq, who was, the son of the Prophet Ibrahim, peace be on them all.

Another name for Suratul al-Isra. Surah 17 of the Holy Qur’an.

BANI NADHEER: A Jewish tribe who lived about three miles south of Madinah during the time of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Four months after their treachery at the time of the Battle of Uhud, when they planned to betray the Muslims and kill the Messenger of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, expelled most of them to Syria and the rest to khaibar. See Holy Qur’an, Al-Hashr (45):26

BANI QURAIDHA: A Jewish tribe from Madinah. Along with the Quraish tribe of Makkah, they plotted to destroy the Prophet Mohammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, by attacking Muslims from within Madinah at the Battle of the Ditch, but when they lost they ask to have their fate judged by Sa’d ibn Muaz (the chief of the Aus ‘the Ansar’ tribe) because he used to be their ally. Sa’d judged them according to their own law, the Taurat (Torah), and ordered that every male be killed, all their women be sold as captives and all their belongings be divided amongst the Muhajirs (Deut. 20:13-14, 16). See Holy Qur’an, Al-Ahzab (33):26-27.

BAQARA (AL): "The Heifer" Surah 2 of the Holy Qur’an.

BAQI: A cemetery at Madinah. Many of the Shabiyeen (companions) of the Prophet Mohammad are buried there, may the blessing and peace of Allah be on him and his family and his companions and all those who follow him and them.

BARAAT (AL): "The Immunity". Another name for Suratul Taubah. Surah 9 of the Holy Qur’an.

BARRAH: Means pious, innocent, clean, inwardly pure.

BARZAKH: Literally means partition or barrier. In Islamic terminology it usually means the life in the grave, because the life in the grave is the interface between the life on earth and the life in the hereafter. Life in the Barzakh is real, but very different from life as we know it. Its exact nature is known only to Allah Ta’ala. It is during our life in the Barzakh that we will be asked about Allah, our faith and the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. We will also be shown the Jannah and the Nar (Paradise and Hellfire) after which we would know which of these two places we will occupy after having been judged.

BAYAN: Intelligent speech, as opposed to sounds which have no power of expression or meaning.

BAYINA (AL): "The Clear Proof". Surah 98 of the Holy Qur’an.

BID’A: Any innovated practices introduced in the religion of Allah. The Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that every Bid’a is a deviation from the true path and that every deviation leads to Hellfire.

BIDH’A: A small amount. Normally the amount is between three to nine, e.g. Bidh’a Tamarat (few dates), Bidh’a Sanawat (a few years).

BINT LABUN: Two year-old she camel.

BINT MAKHAD: One year-old she camel.

BIRR WA TAQWA: Righteousness and awe of the Creator which inspires a person to be on guard against wrong action and eager for doing things which are pleasing to Allah.

BISMILLAH: "In the Name of Allah". (1). This statement is usually made by every Muslim who is about to embark on anything that is Halal (lawful), however trival that act or deed may seem. (2). First verse Suratul Fatiha.(3). To be recited before the beginning of every Surah except for Suratul Taubah (Surah 9 of the Holy Qur’an).

BU’ATH: Two miles from Madinah. Also the site of a battle between the al-Aus tribe (who later became the Ansar) and the al-Khazraj in the-pre Islamic era

BUDN: Plural of Badana.See Badana.

BUKHIL: Spendthrift. Allah Ta’ala has forbidden mankind to be either misers or over-generous to a fault. See Holy Qur’an, Suwar Al-Isra (17):26-29, Al-Furqan (25):67.

BURAIHAA: One of the Abu Talha’s gardens (opposite the Masjid al-Rasool) when Rasoolullah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to go to rest and drink its fresh water.

BURAQ: An animal larger than a donkey and smaller than a horse on which the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went on the Mi’raj. See Mi’raj.

BURD, BURDA: A black ,square, narrow dress.

BURNUS: A hooded cloak.

BURUJ (AL): "The Zodiacal Signs". Surah 85 of the Holy Qur’an. This refers to the constellations in the heavens themselves, not to the astrologers' ‘Stars signs’.

BURUD: Plural of Barid. One Barid is equal to 4 Farsakh = 12 miles = 19.31 Kilometers.

BUTHAN: A valley in Al-Madinah.