Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
gharar
English translation:
ambiguity/uncertainty
Added to glossary by
Conor McAuley
May 25, 2005 10:54
18 yrs ago
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Arabic term
gharar
Arabic to English
Law/Patents
Religion
In a text regarding Algeria in French:
"en raison du lucre illicite et l’incertitude qu’elle génèrent se heurtent précisément au « principe de l’équivalence des prestations », et à son corollaire la prohibition du « ***gharar*** » (aléa)."
Random events?
"en raison du lucre illicite et l’incertitude qu’elle génèrent se heurtent précisément au « principe de l’équivalence des prestations », et à son corollaire la prohibition du « ***gharar*** » (aléa)."
Random events?
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +4 | ambiguity/uncertainty | Aisha Maniar |
4 +2 | imperilment | Hazem Hamdy |
4 | aleatory | Randa Farhat |
Proposed translations
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ambiguity/uncertainty
This term is used a lot in Islamic law and finance concerning contracts and how to draft them.
http://www.amanahfinance.hsbc.com/amanah/hsbcaf.nsf/Pages/Gl...
Gharar: Uncertainty. One of three fundamental prohibitions in Islamic finance (the other two being riba and maysir). Gharar is a sophisticated concept that covers certain types of uncertainty or contingency in a contract. The prohibition on gharar is often used as the grounds for criticism of conventional financial practices such as short selling, speculation and derivatives.
http://www.berwinleighton.com/news/pdf_files/Islamicfinancec...
It involves the element of uncertainty (gharar)
I'm not sure how to tie it in exactly to your sentence though. Does this make sense to you?
http://www.amanahfinance.hsbc.com/amanah/hsbcaf.nsf/Pages/Gl...
Gharar: Uncertainty. One of three fundamental prohibitions in Islamic finance (the other two being riba and maysir). Gharar is a sophisticated concept that covers certain types of uncertainty or contingency in a contract. The prohibition on gharar is often used as the grounds for criticism of conventional financial practices such as short selling, speculation and derivatives.
http://www.berwinleighton.com/news/pdf_files/Islamicfinancec...
It involves the element of uncertainty (gharar)
I'm not sure how to tie it in exactly to your sentence though. Does this make sense to you?
Peer comment(s):
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Fuad Yahya
: It is closer to the concept of "irresponsible risk." Every business transaction involves some risk, but some risks are unreasonable and irresponsible.
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yes, depending on the context, but an explanatory translation is required for such a term in any case
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agree |
Muna Abdi
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thank you
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agree |
Mohamed Gaafar
20 hrs
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thank you
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agree |
Nancy Eweiss
21 hrs
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thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks again Aisha! I used the website extract as you posted as a footnore, slightly edited. Apologies to Hazem - I needed a broad definition of the concept in the context I had, not necessarily the defintion of "gharar" in a finance context. Thanks to all."
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imperilment
This is one of my upstream translations. Having done exhaustive research on this term while translating some Islamic financial material, I reached a conclusion that "uncertainty" represents only one aspect of "gharar", the broad indication of which is:
الخطر والتعريض للهلكة، وبيع الغرر ما يجهله المتبايعان أو ما لا يوثق بتسليمه كبيع السمك في الماء أو الطير في الهواء. (المعجم الوسيط)
Imperilment seemed to represent a closer match in contexts that are broader than selling transactions, e.g. in Islamic discourse about commercial insurance contracts, والله تعالى أعلم.
الخطر والتعريض للهلكة، وبيع الغرر ما يجهله المتبايعان أو ما لا يوثق بتسليمه كبيع السمك في الماء أو الطير في الهواء. (المعجم الوسيط)
Imperilment seemed to represent a closer match in contexts that are broader than selling transactions, e.g. in Islamic discourse about commercial insurance contracts, والله تعالى أعلم.
Peer comment(s):
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Fuad Yahya
: You are right in seeking a more precise term than "uncertainty." In my opinion, the concept is closer to "irresponsible risk." Every business transaction involves some risk, but some risks are unreasonable and irresponsible.
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agree |
Nancy Eweiss
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1 day 2 hrs
aleatory
such as in "aleatory contract"
available in al-Mawrid
available in al-Mawrid
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