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al-najash |
See
al-tanajush.
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al-najiz |
Entire,
complete. Tech: Relating to the commercial law, it refers to
a transaction for ready cash.
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al-naqd |
Gold and
silver in the form of coins.
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al-naqdain |
Two
currencies. Tech: Gold and silver or dinar and dirham used
as currencies. Also called al-nuqud.
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al-naql |
Transfer or
transportation of a property from one place to another with
the intention of giving the possession to the other party.
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al-naqqal |
A person
employed to transport or carry the goods collected as
zakat. He is included in the category of amilin
and is paid out of the zakat funds.
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al-nashsh |
Half of
anything. Tech: A weight equivalent to half uqiyah,
20 dirhams or 59.5 grams.
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nasiib
al-mithl |
Similar share.
Tech: In relation to an agreement of partnership, such as
shirkah, mudarabah, muzarah, musaqah,
etc., it is the share of the parties to agreement in the
profit, in case the original agreement turns fasid
for any reason. In such cases each one is given nasib
al-mithl: the familiar share or the share which is known
and acceptable in similar cases in the society.
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al-naa'uurah |
See
al-daaliiyah.
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al-nawaadih |
Relating to
the law of zakat, it refers to camels which irrigate
land. Half-ushr is usually payable on the produce of
the land worked by al-nawadih.
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al-nawaah |
Date pit,
stone of a date. Tech: A weight equivalent to 5 dirhams or
14.875 grams.
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al-nawaa'ib |
Calamity,
misfortune. Tech: Those taxes which are imposed to meet any
emergency due to some misfortune or natural calamity. Also
used for irregular levies of Muslim states imposed
collectively on the people anywhere. Jurists opposed these
levies, but they were in vogue during mediaeval Islam.
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naazir
al-awqaf |
Administrator
of an endowment or trust.
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naazir
al-sikkah |
A fourteenth
century Spanish institution. The nazir al-sikkah was
an officer in the mint responsible for supervising the
quality of the coins minted. This office was usually filled
by jurists.
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naazir
al-suuq |
An alternate
term for al-muhtasib prevalent in North Africa during
the third century of hijra. See
al-muhtasib.
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al-naazirah |
Postponement
of debt at the request of the debtor who is facing
difficulty in repayment at the due date. Along with qard
hasan, it is an important element of the riba-free
credit structure.
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al-nisaab |
Exemption
limit for the payment of zakat. It is diffe_ent for
different types of wealth.
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nizaam
al-misahah |
Relating to
the administration of land revenue, the system pf levying
kharaj on the basis of area cultivated irrespective of
the produce. This system remained in vogue from the times of
the first four caliphs to the times of the Abbaside caliph
Mehdi who changed it to nizam al-muqasamah, i.e., the
system of tax on the basis of the produce.
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nizaam
al-muqaasamah |
Relating to
the administration of land revenue, the system of levying
kharaj on the basis of the produce of land. This was adopted
by the Abbaside caliph Mehdi. The system of land revenue on
ushri lands was also that of muqasmah.
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