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فقّههُ

Root: فقه

Form: 2

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فقّههُII , Verbal.Noun تَفْقِيهٌ, He made him to know or have knowledge [or to understand, or instructed him], or taught him; and so , or he made him to understand. It is said in a trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الدِّينَ وَفَقِّهْهُ فِى التَّأْوِيلِ i. e. O God, teach him الدين [app. here meaning the science of the law] and [instruct him in] the تأويل [or interpretation, &c.,] and the meaning thereof. And you say, الشَّىْءَ I made thee to understand, or I taught thee, the thing. And I explained to him the learning of الفِقْه [meaning the science of the law].
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