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مُفَسِّلَةٌ

Root: فسل

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مُفَسِّلَةٌ A woman who, when her husband is desirous of compressing her, urges an excuse to him, or says to him أَنَاحَائِضٌ, and the like thereof, in order to repel him thereby: such, and the مُسَوِّفَة [which belongs to the same category] the Prophet cursed.
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