1. The obligatory (wājib): whoever performs it is rewarded, and whoever neglects it is liable to punishment.
2. The forbidden (ḥarām): the opposite of the obligatory.
3. The recommended (masnūn): whoever performs it is rewarded, while the one who leaves it is not punished.
4. The disliked (makrūh): the opposite of the recommended.
5. The permissible (mubāḥ): neutral, carrying neither reward nor punishment in and of itself.

The obligatory divides into two categories:
• Individual duty (farḍ ʿayn): an act required of every legally accountable, mature, rational person; this constitutes the majority of the Sharia’s obligatory rulings.