What does Makruh mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Makruh (مكروه) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Makruh

Makruh according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

What whose leaving is preferred: near the unlawful, its disapproval prohibitive; near the lawful, edifying; its doer not punished.

Makruh according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

Lexically: taken of kourh and karaha: love’s and pleasure’s contrary; Allah said: « haply you hate a thing and it is good for you, and haply you love a thing and it is ill for you ».

Makruh according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

What whose leaver is praised and its doer not blamed.

Makruh according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

What one is rewarded leaving, not punished doing.

Makruh according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

What whose leaving is preferred: nearer the unlawful, its disapproval prohibitive; nearer the lawful, edifying. Nearness to the unlawful means its doer merits the reprimand; nearness to the lawful means he merits it not, its leaver meriting the least reward.

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