shari'a

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sha·ri·'a

or sha·ri·a also sha·ri·'ah S0320000 (shä-rē′ä)n. Islam The code of law based on the Koran and hadith.
[Arabic šarī'a, divinely ordained law, from šara'a, to prescribe or ordain (of God); see śrʕ in Semitic roots.]