Meanings
nounwajib (countable and uncountable, plural wajibs)
plural wajibs
- countableuncountableIslamA 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 169Synonyms: fard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
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Origin
- Arabicوَاجِب
- Englishwajib
Borrowed from Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).
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