مُعْضِلَةٌ
Root: عضل
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مُعْضِلَةٌ
[as a subst.] sing. of مُعْضِلَاتٌ which signifies Hard, or distressing, events: and معضلة [app. accord. to the context
مُعَضِّلَةٌ ] a hard, or difficult, or strait, calamity. Also, and
مُعَضِّلَةٌ , An affair, or a case, that is strait in respect of the ways of getting out therefrom. [Hence,] أَعُوذُ بِٱللّٰهِ مِنْ كُلِّ مُعْضِلَةٍ لَيْسَ لَهَا أَبُو حَسَنٍ, or, as some relate it, , is a saying of 'Omar, who meant thereby [I seek protection by God from] every difficult question or case [for which there is no Aboo- Hasan; meaning, no one such as 'Alee the son of Aboo-Tálib, who was surnamed أَبُو الحَسَنِ, and was celebrated for his answers to what are termed المَسَائِلُ المُعْضِلَات, as is related by En-Nawawee, in his Biographical Dictionary ]: ابو حسن, though determinate, is put in the place of that which is indeterminate.
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