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مُفَآءٌ

Root: فيأ

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مُفَآءٌ A thing that has been made a فَىْء [or spoil, &c.]. And A person whose country, or province, or town, has been conquered, and become a فَىْء to the Muslims. It is in a trad. of some of those who have gone before, لَا يُؤَمَّرُ مُفَآءٌ عَلَى , meaning An emancipated slave shall not be made governor over an Arabian; or, as in the Nh [and O] and L, لا يَلِيَنَّ [shall by no means rule]; as though it were said, none of the people of the Sawád (which was conquered by force and became a فَىْء to the Muslims) shall rule over the Companions and their next successors.
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