20:. Islam does not have an explicit hierarchy, thus the concepts and names for spiritual teachers and secular functions are often mixed and easily confused. A list of terms used in various Islamic traditions follows:
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is often the title of the teachers at the
Madrasahs, Islamic schools. Mullah is a teacher in regard of being respected as a vicar and guardian of Qur'an and the Islamic traditions.
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142:. It is a long historic debate in many cultures whether the elder in itself denotes the role and status of a teacher.
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is a spiritual teacher of Islam as it is taught in the West Africa and
Maghreb, The word comes from the
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60:/Ulama is the title that indicates that the teacher has come to awareness of the consensus, the
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is someone is sent by God to aid the Umma and revive Islam at the beginning of every century.
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is sheikh is an Arabic honorific term that literally means
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is a someone who interprets or expounds
Islamic law (
72:of all the followers of God as understood by the
154:is a high ranking title given to Shi'a clerics.
104:is someone who has profound knowledge of the
54:to denote a teacher of extraordinary respect.
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178:" (سيد) to the Arabic speaking Maghribians.
128:is a Persian word for teacher meaning
50:name for teacher is also used by some
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148:is the authenticated Quran teacher.
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174:. The "marabout" is known as "
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35:, meaning source to follow.
16:There are many concepts of
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38:The most respected of the
68:. Umma is the universal
28:is a label used by the
197:Islamic education
108:, and teaches by
18:teachers in Islam
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76:community (cf.
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114:storytelling
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170:concept of
186:Categories
152:Ayatollah
110:Narration
102:Muhaddith
70:community
64:, of the
33:community
192:Teaching
164:Marabout
158:Mujaddid
82:Ecclesia
126:Mawlawi
106:Haddith
48:Persian
46:. This
44:Allamah
176:Sayyed
168:Berber
146:Shaykh
136:Sheikh
130:Master
92:Sharia
78:Sangha
74:Muslim
52:Sunnis
40:Marjas
172:Saint
140:Elder
112:, or
88:Mufti
58:Ulema
26:Marja
120:Hend
96:fiqh
94:and
66:Umma
62:ijma
30:Shia
24:The
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