رَهْبَانِيَّةٌ
Root: رهب
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رَهْبَانِيَّةٌ
, written in an exposition of the Makámát [of El-Hareeree] without teshdeed, [Monkery; asceticism; the life, or state, of a monk or an ascetic;] the state of a
رَاهِب, or Christian devotee; the masdar of رَاهِبٌ, as also
رَهْبَةٌ : or it is originally from الرَّهْبَةُ; and by a secondary application is used as a noun signifying excess, or extravagance: or it is from
رَهْبَنَةٌ , [which has the same signification, of the measure فَعْلَنَةٌ from رَهْبَةٌ, or فَعْلَلَةٌ on the supposition that the ن is a radical letter: or it signifies excess in religious services or exercises, and discipline, and the detaching oneself from mankind; and is from رَهْبَانُ, signifying “excessively fearful:” so in the Kur lvii. 27; where it is said, وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ٱبْتَدَعُوهَا, meaning وَٱبْتَدَعُوا رَهْبَانِيَّةً ٱبْتَدَعُوهَا [And they innovated excess &c.: they innovated it]: and some read with damm, [رُهْبَانِيَّةً,] as though from رُهْبَانٌ, pl. of رَاهِبٌ. It is said in a trad., لَا رَهْبَانِيَّةَ فِى
الإِسْلَامِ [There is no monkery in El-Islám]; i. e., no such thing as the making oneself a eunuch, and putting chains upon one's neck, and wearing garments of hair-cloth, and abstaining from flesh-meat, and the like. And in another trad., عَلَيْكُمْ بِٱلْجِهَادِ فَإِنَّهُ رُهْبَانِيَّةُ أُمَّتِى [Keep ye to the waging of war against the unbelievers, for it is the asceticism of my people].
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