Mustahabb (Arabic:مُسْتَحَبّ,lit. 'beloved thing') is anIslamic term referring to an action or thing that is recommended and favoured.
Mustahabb actions are those whose ruling (ahkam) inIslamic law falls betweenmubah (neutral; neither encouraged nor discouraged) andwajib (compulsory). One definition is "duties recommended, but not essential; fulfilment of which is rewarded, though they may be neglected without punishment".[1] Synonyms ofmustahabb includemasnun andmandub. The opposite ofmustahabb ismakruh (discouraged).
Parallels have been drawn between the concept ofmustahabb in Islamic law and the concept ofsupererogatory acts in the Western philosophical tradition.[2]
There are possibly thousands of mustahabb acts,[3] including:
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