Bi-shar

Posted on 03/18/2012 by marina

BI-SHAR’ بي شرع
Lit. “Without the law.” A term applied to those mystics who totally disregard the teaching of the Qur’an. Antinomians. [SUFI]

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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