سَلْتَآءُ

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سَلْتَآءُ A woman who does not make frequent use of حِنَّآء [for tinging, or dyeing, her hands]; a woman who does not frequently tinge her hands with خِضَاب: or a woman who does not make use of خِضَاب for herself at all: so some say. It is related of the Prophet, in a trad., that he cursed such a woman.

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