Bay leaf substitute

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View a machine-translated version of the Arabic article. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. Islamic terminology, is an oath of allegiance to a leader. It is known to have been practiced by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Bay’ah derives from the Semitic triconsonantal root B-Y-’, related to commerce, and shows the contractual nature of the bond between caliph and the people.

Bay’ah originally referred to the striking together of hands between buyer and seller to mark an agreement. You can help by adding to it. The tradition of bayʿah can be traced back to the era of the Prophet Muhammad. From the beginning, bayʿah was taken by Muhammad as an oath of allegiance.