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- Arabic · borrowed fromحُدُود“boundaries, penalties”
- English todayhudud
From Arabic حُدُود (ḥudūd, “boundaries, penalties”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hudud
Today it means: The statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy. Full definition →
Arabic حُدُود