wajib
/ˈwɑːd͡ʒɪb/
wajib noun: a religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
Noun
wajib (countable and uncountable, plural wajibs)
- A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
- Further, that bounties are wajib, so revealed obligations are wajib. These cannot be known except through a prophet. So the existence of prophets is wajib, for that without which a binding duty (wajib) cannot be completed is itself wajib.2004, Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin, Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 169
- Synonyms:
- fard
Synonyms of wajib
Forms of wajib
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Origin of wajib
Borrowed from Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).
Phrases with wajib
Questions about wajib
- What does wajib mean?
- Wajib means a religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
- What part of speech is wajib?
- Wajib is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wajib?
- Wajib is pronounced /ˈwɑːd͡ʒɪb/.
- What is the plural of wajib?
- The plural of wajib is wajibs.
Words near wajib in the dictionary
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