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صَحَابَةٌ

Root: صحب

Full Definition

صَحَابَةٌ an Verbal.Noun of صَحِبَهُ [q. v.].
2 See also صَاحِبٌ, of which it is a quasi-pl. n. [الصَّحَابَةُ is commonly applied to The Companions of the Prophet:] صَحَابِىٌّ [is the n. un., meaning a Companion of the Prophet; and] is conventionally applied to one who saw Mohammad, and whose companionship with him was long, even if he have not related anything from him; or, as some say, even if his companionship with him was not long.
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