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Discover the meaning of the term Qda alasthqaq (قضاء الاستحقاق) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readThe judgment of establishing the right (qada' al-istihqaq). In the Mejelle (article 1786): the judge's binding of the defendant towards the claimant by a word, such as: 'I judge that you hand over the thing claimed from you.' This is called: the judgment of obligation (qada' al-ilzam) and the judgment of establishing the right. Al-haqq: the singular of rights, embracing what belongs to Allah and what belongs to His creatures; one of the names of Allah, the Most High, or one of His attributes; the opposite of falsehood (batil); what is established beyond doubt, as in the word of the Most High: 'By the Lord of heaven and earth, this is certainly the truth, as much as the fact that you speak' (Adh-Dhariyat, 23); the matter adjudicated; firmness (hazm), hence the noble hadith: 'It is not the due (haqq) of a Muslim to spend two nights without his bequest being at hand,' that is: nothing is firmer and more prudent than this; the necessary obligation. In the Noble Quran: 'It is a duty (haqq) upon Us to aid the believers' (Ar-Rum, 47); truthfulness; justice; the Noble Quran; Islam; the share. In the noble hadith: 'Allah has given every holder of a right his right, so there is no bequest in favour of an heir,' that is: his portion and lot assigned to him. In legal terms: that by which the judgment is established (Ibn Hajar). In the lexicon of the people of meaning (ahl al-ma'ani): the judgment conforming to reality, applied to words, creeds, religions and schools in respect of their containing that (al-Jurjani). According to the Ibadis: what one thing owes another.