shariah law

Questions about shariah law

What does shariah law mean?

shariah law means "the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed".

What is another word for shariah law?

Close synonyms include shariah, sharia, sharia law, Islamic law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shariah law a common word?

shariah law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.