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Sab'a-al Mathani - The seven verses of Al-Fatiha.

Sabahah - An exclamation of or an appeal for help.

As-Sab'ah - The seven compilers of Adadith
Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah,
and Ahmad.

S.A.W. - Sallallahu 'Alaihe wa Sallam.

Sa'dan - A thorny plant suitable for grazing animals.

Sa'y - Moving seven times between the mountains of As-Safa and Al-Marwah in Mecca during Hajj and Umrah.

Sadaqah - Anything given away in charity for the pleasure of Allah.

Safa and Marwah - Two mountains at Mecca neighboring Al Masjid-al-Haram.

Sahihan - Two books of hadiths compiled by Imam Bukhari and Muslim.

Sahur - Meal eaten before Fajr, for a person who is fasting.

Sahw - Prostration to recompense forgetting a required act of Salah.

Sajdah - Prostration. The act of prostration, particularly in the Salaat.

Sakinah - Tranquility, or calmness.

Salab - Belongings of a deceased warrior.

Salah - Prayers

Salat al-Janaza - Funeral prayer.

Sami Allahu liman hamidah - Allah hears him who praises him.

Samur - A tree.

Sariyyah - A small army sent by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in which he did not personally take part.

As-Saum - Fasting

Sha'ban - The eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

Shahadah - Testimony of faith.

Shawwal - The tenth month of the Islamic calendar.

Shighar - A type of marriage in which persons exchange their daughters or sisters in marriage without a mahr.

Shiqaq - Difference between husband and wife or any two persons.

Shirk - Consists of associating anyone or anything with the Creator either in His being, or attributes, or in the exclusive rights (such as worship).

Shuf'ah - Pre-emption.

Siddiq and Siddiqun - Those followers of the Prophets (pbut) who were first and foremost to believe in them.

Sidr - Lote tree.

Sidrat al-Muntaha - "The lote-tree of the furthest limit." A tree over the seventh Heaven near Paradise, the place where form ends and beyond which no created being may pass.

As-Sihah - The sixth book of Ahadith: compiled by  Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah.

As-Sirat - 'A road' it also means the bridge that will be laid across hell-fire for the people to pass over on the day of judgment.

As-Sittah - The six compilers of Adadith Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah.

Subhan Allah - "Glory be to Allah."

Subhana wa Ta'ala - "May He be Glorified and Exalted."

Sundas - A kind of silk cloth.

Sunnah - The way of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

Surah - A chapter of the Quran.

Sutrah - An object like a pillar, wall or stick, a spear. To act as a barrier between you and others during prayer.

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