ĀYATUʾL-MAWĀRĪS̤ (اية المواريث). “The verse of inheritances.” The twelfth verse of the Sūratu ʾn-nisā, or fourth chapter of the Qurʾān. It relates to inheritance, and is the foundation of the Muslim law on the subject. It is given in the article on Inheritance. [[INHERITANCE].]
AYIMMATUʾL-ASMĀʾ (ائمة الاسماء). “The leading names.” The seven principal names or titles of God, namely:—
| Al-Ḥayy | The Living. |
| Al-ʿAlīm | The Knowing. |
| Al-Murīd | The Purposer. |
| Al-Qādir | The Powerful. |
| As-Samīʿ | The Hearer. |
| Al-Baṣīr | The Seer. |
| Al-Mutakallim | The Speaker. |
ʿĀYISHAH (عائشة). The daughter of Abū Bakr, and the favourite wife of Muḥammad, to whom she was married when only nine years of age. She survived her husband many years, and died at al-Madīnah, A.H. 58 (A.D. 678), aged sixty-seven, and obtained the title of Ummu ʾl-Muʾminīn, “The Mother of the Believers.”
AYMĀN (ايمان), pl. of Yamīn. [[OATHS].]
AYYĀMUʾL-BĪẒ (ايام البيض). “The days of the bright nights,” mentioned in the Mishkāt (book vii. c. 7, part 3), as days on which Muḥammad did not eat, whether halting or marching. They are the 13th, 14th, and 15th nights of the month. (See Lane’s Dict., p. 284.)
AYYĀMU ʾL-QARR (ايام القر). The day of rest after the day of sacrifice at the Pilgrimage. [[HAJJ].]
AYYĀMU ʾN-NAḤR (ايام النحر). The season of sacrifice at the Pilgrimage. [[HAJJ].]
AYYĀMU ʾT-TASHRĪQ (ايــام التشريق). The three days after the feast of sacrifice at Minā during the Pilgrimage. So called because the flesh of the victims is then dried, or because they are not slain until after sun-rise. [[HAJJ], [PILGRIMAGE].]
AYYIM (ايم). A legal term for a woman having no husband, whether she be a virgin or a widow.