Wajib

Obligatory. In the Hanafi school, a step below fard, resting on slightly weaker evidence.

Also written · Waajib · Wajeb · Vacip · Vajib · Wujub · Wajibat · obligatory · necessary · binding duty · must do · required act

The meaning

What Wajib means in Islam

For Malikis, Shafi'is and Hanbalis, wajib and fard are two words for one category. Hanafis separate them: the witr prayer and the sacrifice at Eid al-Adha are wajib rather than fard, so neglecting them is sinful while denying them is not disbelief. In hajj the distinction has a practical edge, since a missed wajib can be repaired by a sacrifice while a missed pillar cannot.

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FardObligatory: required by decisive evidence, and sinful to abandon without an excuse.فَرْض
HanafiThe school of Abu Hanifah, the most widely followed, known for careful reasoning and analogy.المَذْهَبُ الحَنَفِيّ
WitrAn odd-numbered night prayer, usually one or three rak'ahs, that closes the night.وِتْر
Fard KifayahA communal obligation: if enough people carry it out, it is lifted from everyone else.فَرْضُ كِفاية