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Does the term 'Halaka' ('Halqa', 'Halaqa') have any background?

· 24 Rabiʻ I 1422 AH1 min readFatwa 3167English

Question

I have started going to Halaka for a month now, we sit and a shiekh talks about a verse in the quran and then explains it, but someone told me that the word Halaka is comes from a jewish background?

Answer

The word 'Halqa' means a circle, ring, also a group of students under a teacher.

This practice should take place from the time of the Sahaaba (Radhiallaahu Anhum) right up to this date. This was always an Islamic practice and not from a Jewish practice.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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