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مُفْتٍ

Root: فتو

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مُفْتٍ [A jurisconsult who notifies the decisions of the law, in, or respecting, cases submitted to him, for the guidance of the قَاضِى and others].
2 [And] المُفْتِى is the name of A certain measure of capacity, called the مِكْيَال of Hishám Ibn-Hubeyreh.
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