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Sheikh-ul-Islam

शेख़-उल-इस्लाम

said sheikh-ul-is-laam

also written: Shaikh-ul-Islam

Meaning

A high title for a leading authority in Islamic law and learning.

Literally: elder of Islam

Related words

The body of learned religious scholars of Islam.

A jurist qualified to issue formal legal opinions (fatwas).

An elder, religious authority, or head of an order; in the ghazal often the orthodox, worldly cleric set against the lover.