English Explanatory Dictionary

hudud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.

Word forms

hudud hadd hadood hadud hudood

Etymology

From Arabic حُدُود (ḥudūd, “boundaries, penalties”).

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