كَالِئٌ
Root: كلأ
Full Definition
كَالِئٌ
and
كُلْأَةٌ i. q.
نَسِيْئَةٌ, [app. bearing both of the two significations immediately following, and clearly shown in the S &c. to bear the latter of them: A postponement, or delay, in the time of the payment of a debt, &c. See also نُسْأَةٌ, and كَلَأَ.
2 Also, both words, like نَسِيْئَةٌ, A debt of which the payment is deferred by a creditor to a future period.]
3 Ex., نَهَى عَنِ الكَالِئِ بِالكَالِئ, i. e., النَّسِيْئَة بالنَّسِيْئَة, He forbade [exchanging] a debt to be paid at a future time for a similar debt. [See the Jámi' es-Sagheer, and Mishkát el-Masábeeh, ii., 21.] What is forbidden by this is, a man's buying a thing on credit for a certain period, and, when the period of payment is come, and he finds not that wherewith to pay the debt, his saying, Sell it to me on credit for a further period, for something additional: whereupon he [thus] sells it to him: or, a man's paying money for, wheat, or the like, to be given at a certain period, and, when the period comes, the debtor's saying, I have not wheat; etc.; but sell thou it to me on credit for a certain period. See أَجَلٌ.] كَالٍ is also used for كَالِئٌ. [See an ex. voce نَاجِزٌ.] The pl. of the latter is كوَالِئُ.
4 Also , Money paid at a period after the purchase, for food.
5 Also كَالِئٌ and كُلْأَةٌ , An earnest, or money paid in advance.
2 Also, both words, like نَسِيْئَةٌ, A debt of which the payment is deferred by a creditor to a future period.]
3 Ex., نَهَى عَنِ الكَالِئِ بِالكَالِئ, i. e., النَّسِيْئَة بالنَّسِيْئَة, He forbade [exchanging] a debt to be paid at a future time for a similar debt. [See the Jámi' es-Sagheer, and Mishkát el-Masábeeh, ii., 21.] What is forbidden by this is, a man's buying a thing on credit for a certain period, and, when the period of payment is come, and he finds not that wherewith to pay the debt, his saying, Sell it to me on credit for a further period, for something additional: whereupon he [thus] sells it to him: or, a man's paying money for, wheat, or the like, to be given at a certain period, and, when the period comes, the debtor's saying, I have not wheat; etc.; but sell thou it to me on credit for a certain period. See أَجَلٌ.] كَالٍ is also used for كَالِئٌ. [See an ex. voce نَاجِزٌ.] The pl. of the latter is كوَالِئُ.
4 Also , Money paid at a period after the purchase, for food.
5 Also كَالِئٌ and كُلْأَةٌ , An earnest, or money paid in advance.
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