Wajib

//ˈwɑːd͡ʒɪb// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do. countable, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

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