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غَرَرٌ

Root: غر

Full Definition

غَرَرٌ Peril; danger; jeopardy; hazard; or risk. It is said in a trad., نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الغَرَرِ He forbade the sale of hazard, or risk; of which it is unknown whether the thing will be or not; such as the sale of fish in the water, and of birds in the air: or, accord. to 'Alee, in which one is not secure from being deceived: or of which the outward semblance deceives the buyer, and the intrinsic reality is unknown: or that is without any written statement (عُهْدَة), and without confidence.
2 حَبْلٌ غَرَرٌ means غَيْرُ مَوْثُوقٍ بِهِ [i. e., app., A bond, or compact, in which trust, or confidence, is not placed].

def.2 See also غَرِيرٌ.


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