مَجْزَرٌ

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مَجْزَرٌ , or مَجْزِرٌ, with kesr to the ز, contr to rule, as the Present.T of the verb is with damm, and sometimes مَجْزَرَةٌ [or مَجْزِرَةٌ], A place where camels are slaughtered, and other animals, namely, bulls and cows and sheep and goats, and where their flesh is sold: pl. مَجَازِرُ. In a trad. of 'Omar, persons are enjoined to avoid مَجَازِر, meaning as above; because of their uncleanness; or because the witnessing of the slaughter of animals hardens the heart and dispels mercy: or the meaning is, places of assembly; because a camel is slaughtered only where people are collected together: the is one of the places in which it is forbidden to perform the usual prayers.

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