fardu ain

fardu ain (plural fardu-fardu ain)

1. personal duty of Muslims (fardul-ain)

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْضُ عَيْنٍ (farḍu ʕaynin). Compare Acehnese peureulèë ’in.

• IPA^(key): [fa(r).du ʔai̯n], [far.dˤu ʕai̯n]

fardu ain (plural fardu-fardu ain)

1. (Islam) Personal duty of Muslims whereby every Muslim in the community has to fulfil it regardless of whether any other Muslim in the community has.

• fardu kifayah (“communal duty”).

• “fardu ain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.