Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

القُبِّيُّونَ

Root: قب

Full Definition

القُبِّيُّونَ , [in the CK القُبِيُّونَ,] occurring in a trad., in the saying خَيْرُ النَّاسِ القُبِّيُّونَ, means, if the trad. be correct, Those who continue uninterruptedly fasting [except in the night] until their bellies become lank: or, accord. to one relation, it is , which means the same.


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