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Part of a series on Islam Usul al-fiqh (The Roots of Jurisprudence)
Fiqh
Qur'an and Sunnah Taqlid (imitation) Ijtihad (interpretation) Ijma (consensus) Madh'hab (school of law) Minhaj (method) Qiyas (analogical reasoning) Urf (society custom) Islamic jurisprudence Bid‘ah (innovation) Madrasah (school/seminary) Ijazah (authorization) Istihlal (legalization) Istihsan (discretion) Risalah (dissertation)
Ahkam
Halal (legal) Wajib/Fard (obligatory, duty) Mustahabb (favoured) Mubah (neutral) Makruh (disliked, abominable) Haraam (illegal, prohibited) Baatil (void, incorrect) Fasiq (corrupt)
Scholarly titles
Mujtahid (scholar of islamic law with comprehensive understanding of the texts and reality) Marja (authority) Alim (scholar; pl. Ulema) Mufti (interpreter) Qadi (judge) Faqih (jurist) Muhaddith (narrator) Mullah Imam Mawlawi Shaikh Mujaddid (renewer) Hafiz Hujja Hakim Amir al-Mu'minin in reg. hadith Maulana This box: view • talk • edit

Batil is an Arabic word meaning falsehood, and can be used to describe a nullified or invalid act or contract according to the sharia.

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