CAFFAN  pl.    CAFFIN ,sing.      -A white burial shroud . Wearing it indicates the willingness to submit to martyrdom . White is worn to Muslim funerals,and also to Friday Jummah prayer .This is a SUNNAH custom throughout the world to wear white. see HADITH

CHECH     - a  men's  headcloth Maghrebi Sahara

DAA'I (male)   DA'IYAH (female)      -A caller a summoner. A person who makes DAWA to people so that they will make the Declaration of faith and practice the pillars of Islam.  Also a propagandist. Any Muslim who is active in Dawa work (note see Ismailiyya context)

DAF          - A musical insrument, a hand drum . An intense longing for ALLAH

DAAM           - a  net      Love attraction

DAM     -NAFAS    -breath ,since breathing is gift fromAllah it is described as HARAKAT. I BATINI .  Movement of the conscience and HARAKAT I ZAT Allah's motion in the heart

DARASSA     - to study verb DARASSA to teach

DARAWI     - that sufi order refers to Mulay l-Arab-Darqawi 1737-1823 C.E. a renewer of Islam in Morocco  

**DALAIL AL KHAIRAT     -

DEEMAH  - continuity ,persistence

DZARB AL DUFF  - ( isnad, an erea of intense scrutiny in scholarship )  Referrence to publicity (meaning a public proclamation not advertising) publicity of a marriage by means of beating on a hand drum  . Another type of publicity would be the use of a drum to call troops to battle .  Sahih al Bukari BU 67:49 Qur'an -" not secret" sura  4:24, 25  sura  5:5

DALAIL AL _KHAIRAT   no definition yet,sorry

DAM ,     NAFAS ,breath ,since breathing is a gift from Allah (see RUH /ARAMAIC/Lamsa N.T.) it is described as HARAKAT I-BATIM '  Movement of the conscience) and HARAKAT-I-ZAT (Allah's motion)

DARURA     -A principle used to solve a basic conflict. Juristic necessity-When something is forced  -Say for example rule by the KUFR-Then it is nessesary to invoke the rule of DARURA  Acceptance of rule by tyrants and usurpers to preserve the social fabric and prevent anarchy. When overthrow has a reasonable chance of sucess Then the UMMAH can make JIHAD and overthrow them.

DAR      -Home of...

DAWA     -to share the messege of the QUR'AN with others to invite  someone to Islam

DAWAR (DAR) - the home of the villiage headman .The largest house in a villiage ( baladi dialect usage EGYPT )

DARBAKTAN     - forgetting past events altogether

DAR UL HARB - a place where learning ,teaching and practice of Islam is forbidden   HARB-warfare Any place that is inemicable (active suppression) to Islam

DARASSA  to study ,verb

DARRASSA to teach

DARQAWI   (darawi)         Mulay-l-ARABI-DARQAWI            LIVED 1737-1823CE.  a renewer of Islam in   Morocco . Several Sufi orders were responsible for liberating muslims from rule by the French . Allah Akbar .The best historyof this contribution is The Sufi Orders in Islam by Trimmingham ,Oxford Press /now in reprint P.B.

DARD     -A muslim whose longing for Allah is such that they experience pain , they get no rest.

DARGAH     -meaning "the royal court" in India refers to a sufi residence for men  http://inic.utexas.edu/asnic/cas/faculty/Pages/sulta2.html

TAWAKKUL ALLAH    - dependence and trust in Allah alone Al Qur'an  1:4   9:129   4:45    22:73    3:159    2:107    62:11    2:153    recourse trust ,aid, sufficient,

Your FRIEND IS ALLAH , 2:107 

DARVISH      -76th discourse p.200 Futuh al Ghaib.    DUTIES those with whom we should keep company to whom we owe good manners and liberality         Abdul Qadir Jilani , 11th century Sufi saint  a true DARVISH is a person who is indifferent to everything besides Allah.

DAWA    - to share the messege of Islam with others  to call another person to Islam     see the works of Hassan Al Banna for an example of good DAWA method. Malaysians also have good DAWA methods .

DA 'WAAT   AT- TAWHID - The term used by the heretical sect of Muslims commonly called "Wahabi". This is an ETIC term -that is the term used by the wahabi to describe them selves . It means to call people to strict monotheism .( That of Abdul- Wahab ) Wahabi is a pejorative term used for them by traditional Muslims and sufis

DA'I      -male      DA'IYAH , female  A Muslim person who travels and teaches Islam and makes DAWA calling people to Islam .

DAR RAH -E -HAQ       -on the path of Justice .  

JAMHURI  ISLAMI     -Islamic "republic" , a Tehran daily ,  in refference to  Jamaat

**DERSLAM   -  a theology lecturer (turkish) check spelling please

DEEMAH     -continuity , persistence

DHAWQ   ar.    - taste, the taste with various mystical senses  ,direct immediate perception of esoteric truth (origin?)

DIL     -the heart a symbol for the divine . The repository for wrath ,love, and beauty

THE DEEN

DIN        alt.sp.  DEEN      -   The practice of religeon basically consists of the following components . Converts should follow this order.Step by step.  DO THE DEEN IN THIS ORDER:

IMAN -agreement with the Quran,and the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammed, Salla Alaihi Wa- Salem, Following the SHARIA, dont break the laws of Islam .( Ahl as sunnah wal jammah The 4 madhabs -choose one) . Belief in Allah alone TAUHID .see Abdul Wahab's  Kitab al Tauhid , eliminate all these forms of SHIRK 1st!!!.

1   - Refusal to commit HARAM sins ,avoid the things leading to major sins .

2   - Then do the the FARDH commandments. These are the  pillars of ISLAM

3   -avoid MAKRUH (Things detestible to Allah )eg. smoking ,diaper babies in the mosque, wasteing time watching TV.

4   -Then after that ,in your personal devotions, the   Muakkad Sunnat , and then   

5   -the Mustahab  prayers .

DIL    -The heart ,symbolic of the divine .the heart is the repository of wrath ,love ,beauty

DARAAZY- I- ZULF  - literally long hair tresses ,divine attributes defy being categorized ,no begining and no end , cannot be described.    Note this concept to me appears to be vedic .I see no warrant for this poetic device in the Qur'an or hadith . It is similar to the hindu notions about hair . Allah is, in fact, described very well in the Qur'an   see: SAMAD  divine names Concordance to the QUR'AN 

DI-WANAH -  to consider neither profit nor loss from the struggle. (pejoratively a person who has lost their sensibilities and therefore is considered not in their right mind)  To risk everything for Allah .To be in such a state is to be at peace with Allahs will as nothing competes in the heart with service to Allah  (entymology unknown)

DHAIF     - guest

DHI-MAHRAM     -Any man that is closely related to a woman, that she cannot marry.There are 18 relatives who are mahram to a woman. see page 60 v.14,   Waqf Iklas ,Hizmet Books

DHU-N-NURAYN   -(alt. NOOR AIYN ) Uthman Ibn Affan married 2 of the Prophets daughters is called the "protector (posessor) of the 2 lights " Nur AIYN  light of my eyes -daughters (joy and love )

DIYAH        -retaliation Quran 5:49 payment for bodily injury

DOSA   -slang in Arabic (Beduin ) "when you did something bad -you will get DOSA "  chef is clueless here

AL  DUHAA -    alt sp. DUA .  Mid morning prayer ;  the prayer done after sunsise which is NAFIL   DU'A means an optional prayer that we make for our personal needs or for other people

DUR       -pearls .a mystic's utterances pointing to divine secrets

Abu Umara al-Bra’a, may Allah be pleased with him, related that Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, enjoined upon us the following seven acts:

Visiting the sick. Following the funeral procession. Invoking the Mercy of Allah upon one who sneezes (by saying Yarhamuk-Allah). Supporting the weak. Helping the oppressed. Spreading the Salaam (greetings of peace). And honouring vows. Saheeh Bukhari and Sahi Muslim.

Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, related that the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "On the Day of Judgment people will be gathered together barefoot, unclothed and uncircumcised." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, will men and women be together looking at each other?" He said, "O Aisha, the occasion will be too grave and terrifying for them to be at ease to look at each other. Saheeh Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim.

Jarir ibn Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "He who shows no mercy to others, Allah have no mercy upon him." Saheeh Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim.

DA’WA: Propagation of Islam through words and actions, calling people to follow the commandments of Allah Ta’ala.

DHAALEEN: "Those that have gone astray" (Surah 1:7). Refers to the Nasara (Christian), because they have forgotten much of Allah Ta’ala’s message and started to worship a human (the Prophet Isa’ Jesus, son of Mary’), peace be on him, mistaking him for a divine being and thus placing themselves in the same category as those who worship created objects, such as stars, fire, idols, various animals, etc. See Holy Qur’an, al-Maida (5):15.

DABAAH: (1). The Beast. The beast that will come out of the earth and will speak to man. His appearance will be one of the major signs of the coming of the Last Day. (2). In general, every living creature that moves on this earth. See Holy Qur’an, an-Naml (27):82-83.

DABOUR (AD): A great westerly windstorm. Type of storm that destroyed the people of ‘Ad.

DAHR (AD): "The Time". Another name of Suratul Insan. Suratul 76 of the Holy Qur’an. Ad-Dhar indicates the space/time continuum.

DAGHABIS: Snake cumbers. It is a plural of Daghabus.

DAJJAL (AD): Anti-Christ. Also known as Maseeh ad-Dajjal. See Ahadeeth regarding "the Final Hour" in both Sahi books. Sahi Bukhari, Hadith 649, 650, Vol. IV. Sahi Muslim, kitab al-Fafitan wa Isharat as-Say’ah.

DANIQ: A coin equal to one-sixth of a Dirham.

DAR-AL-QADA: Justice House (court).

DAYYAN: Allah; it literally means the One Who judges people from their deeds after calling them to account.

DAWOOD, PEACE BE ON HIM: David. A prophet of Islam. The prophet to whom the Zabour was revealed, and who fought Jaluth (Goliath) and killed him. See Holy Qur’an, Saad (38):17-26.

DEEN: (1). Usually translated as ‘Religion’, but in fact meaning ‘life transaction’, the transaction being between Allah and each of his created beings. The life-transaction, or religion, of Allah Ta’ala is universal. It is the way of Islam (submission of will to Allah Ta’ala). He sent the same message to Nooh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus) and all the other Prophets, peace be upon them all, but mankind, through ignorance or intentional misguidance by others has altered that religion of Allah again and again. Allah Ta’ala sent the Holy Qur’an as the final revelation and guidance for mankind and the Jinn who will be judged on the Day of Resurrection. (2). Also indicates the Judgment itself, i.e. "Yaum al-Deen". (Judgment Day).

DHAREYAT (AL): "The wind that scatters". Surah 51 of the Holy Qur’an.

DHAHIR: The seen or the visible. The thing or feeling that is made known or visible. Antonyms: Baatin. See Baatin.

DHAHIR (AD): "Ad-Dhahir", The Outwardly Manifest. One of the ninety-nine Attributes of Allah Ta’ala. It means the One Who is above everything and nothing is above Him.

DHAT-IRQ: Miqat for the pilgrims coming from Iraq.

DHAT-UN-NITAQAIN: Asma', the daughter of Abu Bakr (ra). It literally means a woman with two belts. She was named so by the Prophet (Peace be upon him).  

DHAWI-AL-ARHAAM: Blood relative, especially parents, brother and sisters, uncles, sons and daughters, and grandparents.

DHIHAR: A type of divorce which was common in pre-Islamic Arabia, but was made Haram (unlawful) by Islam. It was a way when the husband wanted to divorce his wife he would selfishly say to her, "You are like my mother". This way she would not have conjugal rights, but at the same time she would still be bound to him like a slave. See Holy Qur’an, Al-Ahzab (33):4 Mujadilah (58):1-5.

DHI’L-KHALASA: Also known as ka’aba al-Yamaniyah. A place where a pagan idol called Daus used to be worshipped in Yemen in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance.

DHIKRUL-LLAH: Remembrance of Allah Ta’ala. Refers to every deed or action, intended or carried out, that is aimed at gaining Allah Ta’ala’s pleasure. The five pillars of Islam are its foundation. Recitation of Qur’an is its heart, and invocation of single Name of Allah, it's end.

DHIMMI: A Non-Muslim living under the protection of Islamic rule.

DHUL-FARA'ID: Those person whose share of inheritance described in the Qur'an are called Dhul-Faraid, and the rest are Asabah.

DHU’L-KIFEL, PEACE BE ON HIM: Ezekiel. A prophet of Islam. See Holy Qur’an: Al-Anbiyaa (21):85, Sad (38):48.

DHU’L-NOON, PEACE BE UPON HIM: The Companion of the Fish. This is a title of the Prophet Yunus (Jonah), peace be upon him. See Holy Qur’an, Al-Qalam (68):48 See Yunus.

DHU’L-HIJJA: The 11th month of the Islamic Calendar. See Hijri.

DHUL-KHLASAH: Al-Kahbah Al-Yamaniyah. (A house in Yemen where idols used to be worshipped. It belonged to the tribe of Khat'am and Bujailah).

DHU’L QARNAIN: One of the greatest rulers of ancient history. He was a true believer in Allah Ta’ala. See Holy Qur’an, Al-Kahf (18):83.

DHUL-MAHRAM: A man, whom a woman can never marry because of close relationship (e.g. a bother, a father, an uncle); or her own husband.

DHU-TUWA: It is one of the valleys (district) of Makkah and there is a well-known well in it. In the lifetime of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Makkah was a small city and this well was outside its precincts. Nowadays MAkkah is a Larger city and the well is within its boundary.

DHULM: Usually wrongly spelled as Zulm. It means injustice, harm, wrongdoing or transgression either against oneself or someone else. (1). Against oneself. Doing deeds or saying words which will bring the displeasure of Allah Ta’ala. These deeds may be physical or spiritual that will ultimately harm the soul. (2). Against others. In any form whatsoever, whether they be physical or mental. Its opposite id Nur, Light.

DHULUMAAT: Darkness In the sense of lurking danger. See Holy Qur’an, Al-An’aam (6):63. This is where the word Dhulm (Injustice) is derived, for injsutice in whatever form is an evil darkness.

DIBAJ: Pure silk cloth.

DINAR: An ancient gold coin.

DIRHAM: A silver weighing 50 grains of barley with cut ends. It is equal to 1/12 of one Uqiyyah of Gold in Value.

DIYA: Blood money, paid as compensation for killing, wounding, etc. Plural: Diyat.

DU’A: Supplication: Invoking Allah for whatever one desires.

DU’A (SHIRK AL): Invoking or supplicating to a false deity other than Allah Ta’ala, is a major Shirk. See Shirk.

DUHA (AD): "Forenoon": The mid-morning hours. Surah 93 of the Holy Qur’an.

DUHR: Noon. the Second obligatory Salat (Prayer) of the day. It can be prayed at any time between noon and mid-afternoon.

DUKHAN (AD): "The Smoke". Surah:44 of the Holy Qur’an. One of the signs of the proximity of the Last Day.

DUNK: Raising of the kafir in the state of blindness on the Yaum al-Qiama (Day of Resurrection).

DUNYA: "World". It refers to this existing world. In English it may imply both worlds, i.e. "this world, referring to the hereafter. Islam preaches that the real success is not in the Dunya (this world), but in the Akhira (Hereafter). The true value of this world does not lie in worldly success, but in how much success one has achieved in gaining the pleasure of Subhana wa Ta’ala.