مُكَافِئٌ
Root: كفأ
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مُكَافِئٌ
Being like, or equal to: equalling.
2 Also, in the following words of a trad., كَانَ لَا يَقْبَلُ الثَّنَآءَ إِلَّا مِن مُّكَافِئِ, said to signify One of known sincerity in professing himself a Muslim: or one not transgressing his proper bounds, nor falling short with respect to that [religion] to which God hath exalted him-
3 شَاتَانِ مُكَافِئَتَانِ, and مُكَافَأَتَانِ. as the relaters of trads. say, in a trad. respecting the عَقِيقَة for a male child, Two sheep, or goats, of equal age. Some assign to these words meanings slightly differing from the above; as, similar, one to another: also, slaughtered, one immediately after the other: or slaughtered, one opposite to the other.
2 Also, in the following words of a trad., كَانَ لَا يَقْبَلُ الثَّنَآءَ إِلَّا مِن مُّكَافِئِ, said to signify One of known sincerity in professing himself a Muslim: or one not transgressing his proper bounds, nor falling short with respect to that [religion] to which God hath exalted him-
3 شَاتَانِ مُكَافِئَتَانِ, and مُكَافَأَتَانِ. as the relaters of trads. say, in a trad. respecting the عَقِيقَة for a male child, Two sheep, or goats, of equal age. Some assign to these words meanings slightly differing from the above; as, similar, one to another: also, slaughtered, one immediately after the other: or slaughtered, one opposite to the other.
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