سَاحَ

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سَاحَI , or سَاحَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ, Present.T يَسِيحُ, Verbal.Noun سَيْحٌ and سَيَحَانٌ, It ran upon the surface of the earth.
2 And hence, سَاحَ فِى الأَرْضِ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun سِيَاحَةٌ, or سَيْحٌ, or both, and سُيُوحٌ and سَيَحَانٌ, said of a man, He went, or journeyed, through the land, or earth, for the purpose of devoting himself to religious services or exercises: or in this restricted sense, which MF asserts to be unmentioned in most of the older books, and thinks to be conventional, the verb has only the first of the inf. ns. above, and in the absolute sense it has the second and third and fourth. It is said in a trad., لَا سِيَاحَةَ فِى الإِسْلَامِ i. e. [There shall be no going about through the land, or earth, in the way of devotees, in ElIslám: or] no quitting of the cities, or towns, and going, or journeying, through the land, or earth: or no quitting of the cities, or towns, and dwelling in the deserts, and forsaking the being present at the congregational prayers and at assemblies: or no going about through the land, or earth, doing evil, or mischief, and calumniating and corrupting. The سِيَاحَة of the Muslims [in a religious sense, and such as is approvable,] is Fasting.
3 [Hence also,] سَاحَ الظِّلُّ The shade changed, or turned, or moved, from side to side, or from place to place.

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