رَاشدٌ
Root: رشد
Full Definition
رَاشدٌ
and
رَشِيدٌ
Taking, or following, a right way or course or direction [as to a road, and also as to an affair: and often meaning holding a right belief; or orthodox]. One says to a traveller, رَاشِدًا مَهْدِيًّا [May God make thee to be a taker, or follower, of a right way; one directed aright]. And one says, يَا , as meaning يَا رَاشِدُ [O thou who takest, or followest, a right way &c.]. الخُلَفَآءُ الرَّاشِدُونَ [The Khaleefehs who took, or followed, a right course, or the orthodox Khaleefehs,] is an appellation specially applied to Aboo-Bekr, 'Omar, 'Othmán, and 'Alee; but applicable also to any others of the Imáms who pursued the same course as those four.
2 أُمُّ رَاشِدٍ a surname applied to The female rat or mouse (الفَأُرَةُ).
2 أُمُّ رَاشِدٍ a surname applied to The female rat or mouse (الفَأُرَةُ).
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