تَوِىَ

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تَوِىَI , in the dial. of Ṭeiyi تَوَى, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun تَوًى, It perished; came to an end; it passed away unhoped for: said of property. Hence the saying, in a trad., لَا تَوَى عَلَى مَالِ ٱمْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ [There shall be no perishing of the property of a man that is a Muslim]: applied to the case of a man to whom is transferred the responsibility for a debt, and who dies insolvent; meaning that the responsibility shall return to him who transferred it.

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