Mubah

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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 (authorisation) Istihlal Istihsan (discretion) Risalah (dissertation)
Ahkam
Halaal (legal) Wajib/Fard (obligatory, duty) Mustahab (favored) Mubah (neutral) Makruh (disliked, abominable) Haraam (illegal, prohibited) Baatil (void, incorrect) Fasiq (corrupt)
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Marja (authority) Alim (scholar; pl. Ulema) Mufti (interpreter) Qadi (judge) Faqih (jurist) Muhaddith (narrator) Mullah Imam Mawlawi Sheikh Mujaddid (reviver) Hafiz Hujja Hakim Amir al-Mu'minin reg. hadith Maulana This box: view • talk • edit

'Mubah' (Arabic مباح) is an Islamic Arabic term denoting an action as neither forbidden nor recommended, and so religiously neutral. This is one of the degrees of approval (ahkam) in Islamic law.