Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استخمرهُ

Root: خمر

Form: 10

Full Definition

استخمرهُX He made him, or took him as, a slave: of the dial. of El-Yemen. [See 3.] So in the trad. of Mo'ádh, مَنْ ٱسْتَخْمَرَ قَوْمًا أَوَّلُهُمْ أَحْرَارٌ وَجِيرَانٌ مُسْتَضْعَفُونَ فَلَهُ مَا قَصَرَ فِى بَيْتِهِ [Whosoever hath made slaves, or taken as slaves, persons the first state of whomhath been that of freemen and neighbours, regarded as weak, to him shall belong what he hath held in possession in his house or tent]: i. e., hath taken them by force, and obtained possession of them: meaning, whosoever hath made slaves, or taken as slaves, persons in the Time of Ignorance, and then El-Islám hath come, to him shall belong those whom he hath held in possession in his house or tent: they shall not go from his hand. Mohammad Ibn-Ketheer says, This is a phrase known to us in ElYemen, where any other is scarcely ever used [in its stead].


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