حَبِيسٌ

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حَبِيسٌ i. q. مَحْبُوسٌ , [pass. part. n. of 1,] Confined; restricted; limited; &c.
2 Anything bequeathed, or given, unalienably, for the sake of God; whether an animal or land or a house; as also مَحْبُوسٌ and مُحَبَّسٌ and مُحْبَسٌ : pl. of the first حُبُسٌ, and, by contraction, حُبْسٌ: حَبِيسٌ is used as a sing. and as a pl.: it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; and is sometimes used in the place of the pass. part. n. of حَبَّسَ: it is also particularly applied to a horse bequeathed, or given, unalienably, to be used in the cause of God, or religion; i. e., to the warriors, to ride it in war against unbelievers and the like; as also مُحْبَسٌ and مَحْبُوسٌ : and حُبْسٌ, or حُبُسٌ, to what is, or are, bequeathed, or given, unalienably, not to be sold nor inherited, of palm-trees, or vines, &c., as land, and anything that is a source of profit, itself to remain unalienable, and the profit arising therefrom to be employed in the cause of God, or religion: but the حُبُس which Mohammad is related to have made common property were what the pagan Arabs bequeathed, or gave, unalienably, for (عَلَى [so in the TA, and this I regard as the true reading, rather than مِن, which is the reading in the Mgh and L,]) the [camels called] سَوَائِب and بَحَائِر, and such as was called حَامٍ: Hr, in the Ghareebeyn, gives the reading حُبْس, which, says IAth, if correct, is a contraction of حُبُس. [From حُبْس, used as a subst., has been formed, app. in postclassical times, the pl. أَحْبَاسٌ: see De Sacy's “ Chrest. Ar., ” sec. ed., vol. i. p. 189.] حَبِيسَةٌ , also, [used as a subst.,] signifies A thing that is bequeathed, or given, unalienably, in the way of beneficence: and its pl. is حَبَائِسُ.

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