Discover the meaning of the term Jza alsyd (جزاء الصيد) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readThe compensation for game (jaza' al-sayd) in a state of ihram, according to the Hanafis: the value set by the two just men for the game, at the place where it was killed or the nearest place thereto, taking into account its natural qualities such as melodiousness, beauty and voice, and the like. It has also been said that one just man suffices. According to the Zaydis: what is due from the muhrim if he kills game. Al-jizyah: the requital, the penalty. Plural: jizi, jaza, jaza'. The jizyah: the kharaj (land tax); what is taken from the People of the Covenant (ahl al-dhimmah). In the Noble Quran: 'Fight those who do not believe in Allah nor in the Last Day, who do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, who do not profess the true religion, from among those given the Scripture, until they pay the jizyah by their own hand, in a state of submission' (At-Tawbah, 29). In legal terms: wealth that the unbelievers undertake to pay by a specific contract (al-Bajirmi). According to the Malikis and Hanbalis: the levy taken each year from the unbeliever in return for his residence in the abode of Islam. In ihram: see the root j-z-y. Al-masyad: what is hunted (plural: masyadat). Al-masyadah: al-masyad.