kuttb (plural kattb)See also school, 1, 3, 24, 35–51, 55–58, 65–69, 71–73, 107, 109–112, 114, 126, 144, 146–148, 151–159, 161–163, 165–168, 172–173, 182–184, 186n29, 189n49, 192n76, 194n98, 198–199, 201

law, 114, 136n167, 165

learning, 2, 4, 26, 35, 38, 40, 44–46, 52–55, 57–59, 62–64, 66–69, 72, 80n148, 83n197, 85–87, 90–93, 95–99, 101–110, 112, 124–126, 128n8, 141, 144, 147, 151, 154, 158–160, 162–163, 165–167, 170, 173, 178, 180–181, 191n62, 192n71, 198–199

lessons, 50, 66, 95, 100, 112, 114, 118, 162, 166, 172–173, 200

literacy, 1, 38, 41, 47, 55, 65, 67, 71–72, 153, 162–163, 165–166, 192n76

madrasa (plural madris)See also school, 35–36, 48, 68, 82n186, 153, 155, 182–183, 190n61

maabba, 14–15

majlisu-l-‘ilm (also majlisu-l-adab), 35

maktab (plural maktb), See kuttb; school

malaka, 97, 107

manners, 12, 27, 51, 61, 88, 99, 162

ma‘rifa, 86, 97, 124, 130n73

mash’a, 14–15, 31n38

malaa, 58

mathetics, 2

malab, 14–15

maturity, 21–23, 25, 90, 108

mawl, 41, 151

maylSee also inclination, 14–15, 29n20

memorisationSee also if, 24, 36, 41–42, 57–59, 63–65, 69, 72, 99–100, 102, 104, 115, 125, 142, 144, 147, 157, 160, 162, 166–167, 193n78

memory, 40, 65, 102, 104, 111, 125, 131n106, 132n106, 143, 162–163, 165–166

Middle Ages, 10, 76, 169, 192

mimicking, 124, 157

moral, 26, 28, 51, 73, 88–90, 96, 99, 106, 109, 119, 122, 125, 152, 162, 164, 198, 202

mosque, 35–36, 38–40, 48, 50, 68, 74n18, 82n190, 155, 183

motivation, 1–9, 11–14, 19, 24, 27, 48, 73, 85, 87, 89–90, 92–93, 97–99, 101–102, 104–105, 107, 109, 111, 118, 124–127, 141, 172, 180–181, 183, 197–200

mu’addibSee also tutor, 51, 148, 168, 184, 198

mu‘allimSee also teachers, 36, 39–41, 141, 144, 147–148, 150, 153, 156, 161–163, 168, 183–184, 198

mu‘malt, 86

mud‘aba, 22

mutasib, 6, 156, 171, 183

mukallaf (plural mukallafn)See also taklf, 21–22, 25, 88

mumayyizSee also discernment; tamyz, 25, 39, 39

murd, 14–15

murhaqaSee also adolescence, 25, 33n94, 42

murd, 14, 17–18