The word · Law & life
عَقْد
'Aqd
A contract: a binding agreement formed by an offer and its acceptance.
Also written · Aqd · Aqad · Akd · Uqud · Aqood · Aqd nikah · Akit · contract · agreement · covenant · binding agreement · deal
The meaning
What 'Aqd means in Islam
The word means a knot or a tie, and Surah al-Ma'idah opens by telling believers to fulfil their contracts. Fiqh requires clear terms, a lawful subject matter, and consent free of coercion and deception. The Hanbali rule is the most generous of the four, holding any contract valid unless a text forbids it, which leaves wide room for new commercial forms, and modern Islamic finance leans on that opening.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- Bay'Sale: the exchange of property for property by mutual consent.بَيْع
- GhararExcessive uncertainty in a contract, which makes the deal invalid.غَرَر
- AmanahA trust: anything placed in your care that you must return, or use exactly as agreed.أَمانة
- IjarahHire or lease: paying for the use of something, or for another person's labour.إِجارة
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