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فوض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 فوّض اـِلَيْهِ الأَمْرَ ذ , (S, M, A, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَفْوِيضٌ, (Mgh, O, Msb,) He committed to him the thing, affair, or case; syn. رَدَّ (S, A, O, K,) or صَيَّرَ, (M,) or سَلَّمَ; (Mgh, Msb;) abstaining from contention, or litigation; (Mgh;) and made him arbiter thereof. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [xl. 47], (TA,) وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِى اـِلَى اللّٰه (A, TA) And I commit my case unto God, making Him arbiter thereof. (TA.) ― -b2- التَّفْوِيضُ فِى النِّكَاحِ, (S, O,) or نِكَاحُ التَّفْوِيضِ, (TA,) is The giving [a woman] in marriage without [ requiring ] a dowry. (S, O, TA.) You say, فوّض المَرْأَةِ He gave the woman in marriage without [ requiring ] a dowry. (K.) And فَوَّضَتْ بُضْعَهَا اـِلَى زَوْجِهَا, (Mgh,) or فَوَّضَتْ نِكَاحَهَا اـِلَى الزَّوْجِ, (Msb,) She married herself to her husband without a dowry: (Mgh, Msb:) or فَوَّضَتْ signifies She gave up, or renounced, the ordinance of the dowry. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

فوّض اـِلَيْهِ الأَمْرَverb
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وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِى اـِلَى اللّٰه
التَّفْوِيضُ فِى النِّكَاحِ
نِكَاحُ التَّفْوِيضِ
فوّض المَرْأَةِ
فَوَّضَتْ بُضْعَهَا اـِلَى زَوْجِهَا
نِكَاحَهَا اـِلَى الزَّوْجِ