MUTILATION

[ THEFT .] MUʿTIQ ( معتق‎ ). The master who emancipates a slave. [ SLAVERY .] MUWAḤḤID ( موحد‎ ), pl. muwaḥḥidūn . A believer in one God. A term often used by Muslims to expre their belief as Unitarians. MUWAT̤T̤Aʾ ( موطاء ‎ ). Lit . “That which has been compiled.” A title given to the book of traditions compiled by the Imām Mālik (died A.H . 179). It is the earliest compilation of traditions, and is placed by some amongst the Kutubu ʾs-Sittah , or the “six (correct) books.” [ TRADITIONS .] MUZĀBANAH ( مزابنة‎ ). Lit . “Repelling or pushing back.” Selling without measure, for example, selling green dates upon trees in exchange for dry ones in the house, and the seller saying that the lo or gain rests with him. This kind of sale is forbidden. ( Mishkāt , book xii. ch. 5.) MUZĀRAʿAH ( مزارعة‎ ). Giving over land to the charge of another party on condition of receiving a fixed proportion of its produce. MUẒĀRABAH ( مضاربة‎ ). In the language of the law, Muẓārabah signifies a contract of copartnership, of which the one party (namely, the proprietor) is entitled to a profit on account of the stock, he being denominated Rabbu ʾl-Māl , or proprietor of the stock (which is termed Rāsu ʾl-Māl ), and the other party is entitled to a profit on account of his labour, and this last is denominated the muẓārib (or manager), inasmuch as he derives a benefit from his own labour and endeavours. A contract of muẓārabah , therefore, cannot be established without a participation in the profit, for if the whole of the profit be stipulated to the proprietor of the stock, then it is considered as a biẓāʿah ; or, if the whole be stipulated to the immediate manager, it must be considered as a loan. AL -MUẔILL ( المذل‎ ). “The One who abases.” One of the ninety-nine names or attributes of God referred to in the Qurʾān, Sūrah iii. 25 : “Thou honour est whom Thou pleasest and a basest whom Thou pleasest.” AL -MUZZAMMIL ( المزمل‎ ). Lit . “The Wrapped up.” The title of the LXXIV th Sūrah of the Qurʾān, in the first verse of which the word occurs. “O Thou, enwrapped , arise to prayer.” It is said the chapter was revealed to Muḥammad when he was wrapped up in a blanket at night.