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حكم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُحَكِّمٌ مح محكم , and its pl. مُحَكِّمُونَ: see مُحَكَّمٌ. ― -b2- المُحَكِّمَةُ is an appellation applied to the [schismatics called the] خَوَارِج because they disallowed the judgment of the ↓ حَكَمَانِ [or two judges], (S,) namely, Aboo-Moosà El-Ash'aree and 'Amr Ibn-El-' Ás, (K, TA,) and said that judgment الحُكْمُ) belongs not to any but God. (S.)

Derived headwords

مُحَكِّمٌ
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