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مُحَكِّمٌ

Root: حكم

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مُحَكِّمٌ , and its pl. مُحَكِّمُونَ: see مُحَكَّمٌ.
2 المُحَكِّمَةُ is an appellation applied to the [schismatics called the] خَوَارِج because they disallowed the judgment of the [or two judges], namely, Aboo-Moosà El-Ash'aree and 'Amr Ibn-El-' Ás, and said that judgment الحُكْمُ) belongs not to any but God.
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