noun
or sha·ria shəˈrēə ; also sha·ri·at -ēət ; or shar' or shar ˈshär ; or she·ri shəˈrē ; or she·ria shəˈrēə ; or she·ri·at -ēət
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Arabic sharī'ah
: the body of formally established sacred law in Islam based primarily on Allah's commandments found in the Koran and revealed through the sunna of Muhammad, governing in theory not only religious matters but regulating as well political, economic, civil, criminal, ethical, social, and domestic affairs in Muslim countries, and commonly in practice being supplemented by the customary law of a region — compare adat