رِفَادَةٌ
Root: رفد
Full Definition
رِفَادَةٌ
[A kind of pad, or stuffed thing, beneath a saddle;] a thing like the
جَدْيَة
of a horse's saddle, for a beast: a support for the saddle of a horse or camel &c.: it is put beneath a horse's saddle in order that it may become raised thereby.
2 A piece of rag with which a wound, &c., is furnished as a compress (يُرْفَدُ بِهَا).
3 A contribution which the tribe of Kureysh made among themselves in the Time of Ignorance, for the purpose of purchasing for the pilgrims wheat, and raisins for [the beverage called] نَبِيذ: each gave according to his ability, and thus they collected a great sum, in the days of the assembling of the pilgrims; and they continued to feed the people until the end of those days: the رِفَادَة and سِقَايَة [i. e. the supplying these provisions and this beverage] pertained to the Benoo-Háshim; and the سِدَانَة [or service of the Kaabeh], and the لِوَآء [or banner], to the Benoo-'Abd-ed-Dár: the term رِفَادَةٌ used in relation to the feeding of the pilgrims is from رَفَدَهُ signifying “ he aided him by a gift ” &c.: the first who performed this custom was Háshim Ibn-'Abd-Menáf.
4 One says also, هُوَ رِفَادَةُ صِدْقٍ لِى and صِدْقٍ, meaning
2 A piece of rag with which a wound, &c., is furnished as a compress (يُرْفَدُ بِهَا).
3 A contribution which the tribe of Kureysh made among themselves in the Time of Ignorance, for the purpose of purchasing for the pilgrims wheat, and raisins for [the beverage called] نَبِيذ: each gave according to his ability, and thus they collected a great sum, in the days of the assembling of the pilgrims; and they continued to feed the people until the end of those days: the رِفَادَة and سِقَايَة [i. e. the supplying these provisions and this beverage] pertained to the Benoo-Háshim; and the سِدَانَة [or service of the Kaabeh], and the لِوَآء [or banner], to the Benoo-'Abd-ed-Dár: the term رِفَادَةٌ used in relation to the feeding of the pilgrims is from رَفَدَهُ signifying “ he aided him by a gift ” &c.: the first who performed this custom was Háshim Ibn-'Abd-Menáf.
4 One says also, هُوَ رِفَادَةُ صِدْقٍ لِى and صِدْقٍ, meaning
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