رُخْصَةٌ

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رُخْصَةٌ and رُخُصَةٌ Indulgence, license or facilitation; in an affair: pl. رُخَصٌ and رُخْصَاتٌ and رُخَصَاتٌ and رُخُصَاتٌ. You say, لَكَ فِى هٰذَا رُخْصَةٌ [Thou hast, or shalt have, in, or with respect to, this, indulgence, license, or facilitation].
2 Indulgence granted, or conceded, by God to his servant, in a matter which He alleviates to him.
3 [ An ordinance of indulgence; such as the shortening of prayer in travelling, and the like: pl. رُخَصٌ, of which we have an ex. in the following trad.:] اَللّٰهُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ تُؤْتَى رُخَصُهُ كَمَا يُحِبُّ أَنْ تُؤْتَى عَزَائِمُهُ [ God loveth that his ordinances of indulgence be performed, like as He loveth that his obligatory ordinances be performed].
4 A portion, or share, of water: or a time, or turn, in drinking.

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