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المُتَرَدِّيَةُ

Root: ردى

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المُتَرَدِّيَةُ , in the Kur v. 4, means That which falls from a mountain, or into a well, or from an elevated place, and dies. The sheep or goat thus termed is forbidden [to be eaten] because it has died without having been slaughtered according to the law.
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