مَصْلَحَةٌ
Root: صلح
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مَصْلَحَةٌ
A cause, a means, or an occasion, of good; a thing, an affair, or a business, conducive to good, or that is for good; [and hence it may often be rendered simply an affair, when the context shows it to mean what is conducive to good or done for a good purpose;] contr. of مَفْسَدَةٌ; (S and Msb and K in art. فسد;) a good, right, or virtuous, affair; a thing that is good and right; syn.
صَلَاحٌ [q. v.]: pl. مَصَالِحُ. One says, نَظَرَ فِى مَصالِحِ النَّاسِ [He considered the things that were for the good of the people]. And هُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ
المَفَاسِدِ لَا المَصَالِحِ [They are of the people who occupy themselves in the things conducive to evil, not the things conducive to good]. And فِى الأَمْرِ مَصْلَحَةٌ
In the affair is that which is good: [or a cause of good.] And رَأَى الإِمَامُ المَصْلَحَةَ فِى كَذَا
The Imám saw what was good and right [or what was conducive to good] in such a thing.
2 It is also an Verbal.Noun of صَلَحَ.
2 It is also an Verbal.Noun of صَلَحَ.
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