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From Arabic حُدُود (ḥudūd, “boundaries, penalties”).

noun hadd · hadood · hadud · hudood

plural, plural normally The statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.

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@misc{hudud_2026,
  title = {hudud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hudud},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}