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It is often difficult for new editors at [[WikiIslam]] to understand what is or is not appropriate within articles. This page expands on the site's [[WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines|policies and guidelines]] concerning style, tone and content of its articles by providing a visual guide for editors.
It is often difficult for new editors at [[WikiIslam]] to understand what is or is not appropriate within articles. This page expands on the site's [[WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines|policies and guidelines]] concerning style, tone and content of its articles by providing a visual guide for editors.
== Standardized Spellings ==
There are many acceptable phonetic spellings for different words that are translated or transliterated into English. However, WikiIslam editors should standardize spelling to use throughout the wiki. The following is a list of required spelling standardizations. Note: You should not standardize spelling in quotations, leave the quoted text as originally written. This table is subject to change to accommodate new words.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Table of Standardized Spellings
!WikiIslam Standard
!Proper Noun
!Meaning
|-
|'''Allah'''
|Yes
|God of the Quran
|-
|'''Quran'''
|Yes
|Central religious text (Holy book) of Islam
|-
|'''Hadith'''
|No
|Notable collections of words, actions, approvals and disapprovals of Muhammad during his life
|-
|'''Muhammad'''
|Yes
|Prophet of Islam
|-
|'''Abu Bakr'''
|Yes
|First caliph and best friend of Muhammad
|-
|'''Umar (ibn al-Khattab)'''
|Yes
|Second caliph and senior companion of Muhammad
|-
|'''Uthman (ibn Affan)'''
|Yes
|Third caliph, second cousin, and son-in-law of the Muhammad
|-
|'''Ali (ibn-Abi Talib)'''
|Yes
|Fourth caliph and Muhammad’s son-in-law
|-
|'''Tafsir'''
|No
|Exegesis – scholarly commentary on the Quran and hadith
|-
|'''Mufassir'''
|No
|Author of a Tafsir
|-
|'''Sunni'''
|Yes
|One of the two main branches of Islam
|-
|'''Shia'''
|Yes
|One of the two main branches of Islam
|-
|'''Aisha (bint Abu Bakr)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives, daughter of Abu Bakr
|-
|'''Khadijah (bint Khuwaylid)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Sawda (bint Zam’a)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Hafsa (bint Umar)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Zaynab (bint Khuzayma)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Hind (bint Abi Umayya)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Rayhana (bint Zayd)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Zaynab (bint Jahsh)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Juwayriyya (bint al-Harith)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Safiyya (bint Huyeiy)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Ramla (bint Abi Sufyan)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Maria al-Qibtiyya'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s sex slaves / concubines
|-
|'''Maymuna (bint al-Harith)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Juwayriyya (bint al-Harith)'''
|Yes
|One of Muhammad’s wives
|-
|'''Fatimah'''
|Yes
|Muhammad’s youngest daughter, wife of Ali ibn-Abi Talib
|-
|'''Ahmadiyya'''
|Yes
|Islamic revival sect founded in Punjab
|-
|'''al-Bukhari'''
|Yes
|Islamic scholar who authored what is considered to be the most authentic hadith collection
|-
|'''al-Tabari'''
|Yes
|Islamic foremost Mufassir
|-
|'''al-Jalalayn'''
|Yes
|Classical tafsir of the Quran composed by Jalal ad-Din al-Mahalli
|-
|'''al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah'''
|Yes
|Biography of Muhammad
|-
|'''Jannah'''
|No
|Heaven
|-
|'''Jahanam'''
|No
|Hell
|-
|'''Huri'''
|No
|Heavenly virgins
|-
|'''Istishhad'''
|No
|Martyrdom
|-
|'''Shahid'''
|No
|Muslim martyr
|-
|'''Mecca'''
|Yes
|Holy city of Islam
|-
|'''Hajj'''
|No
|Greater holy pilgrimage in Islam
|-
|'''Umrah'''
|No
|Lesser holy pilgrimage in Islam
|-
|'''Kaaba'''
|Yes
|Building at the center of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. Direction of Muslim prayers and destination of pilgrimage
|-
|'''Khitan'''
|No
|Circumcision
|-
|'''Najis'''
|No
|Ritually unclean or impure physically or spiritually
|-
|'''Fiqh'''
|No
|Islamic jurisprudence
|-
|'''Sahih'''
|No
|The denotation of a hadith is “authentic”
|-
|'''Hasan'''
|No
|The denotation of a hadith as “good”
|-
|'''Da’if'''
|No
|The denotation of a hadith as “weak”
|-
|'''Mutawatir'''
|No
|Hadith with multiple narrators
|-
|'''Ahaad'''
|No
|Non-Mutawatir hadith, usually narrated by one narrator
|-
|'''Sharia'''
|No
|Islamic canonical law based on Islamic scriptures
|-
|'''Hanafi'''
|Yes
|One of four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence
|-
|'''Maliki'''
|Yes
|One of four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence
|-
|'''Shafi’i'''
|Yes
|One of four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence
|-
|'''Ja’fari'''
|Yes
|The religious Shia Islamic school of jurisprudence
|-
|'''Fatwa'''
|No
|Non-binding but authoritative legal ruling issued by qualified jurist
|-
|'''Sheikh'''
|No
|Honorific title for knowledgeable Islamic clergyman.
|-
|'''Imam'''
|No
|Someone who leads prayer
|-
|'''Mufti'''
|No
|Someone who can give jurisprudence judgements on religious matters
|-
|'''Ayatollah'''
|No
|Honorific title of Shia religious leader
|-
|'''Halal'''
|No
|Permissible in Islam
|-
|'''Haram'''
|No
|Impermissible in Islam
|-
|'''Makruh'''
|No
|Religiously disliked
|-
|'''Kafir'''
|No
|Infidel
|-
|'''Shirk'''
|No
|Idolatry or polytheism
|-
|'''Mushrik'''
|No
|Someone who commits shirk
|-
|'''Mulhid'''
|No
|Apostate, heretic, or atheist
|-
|'''Murtad'''
|No
|Denier (of Islam)
|-
|'''Aqidah'''
|No
|Creed
|-
|'''Zakat'''
|No
|Obligatory charity based on % wealth
|-
|'''Dawah'''
|No
|Islamic proselytizing
|}
{{shortcut|[[WISCG]]}}
{{shortcut|[[WISCG]]}}
==Examples==
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== Honorifics ==
==Honorifics==
This page explains polices concerning honorifics
This page explains polices concerning honorifics
===Prophet, Christ or Lord===
===Prophet, Christ or Lord===
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