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غفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَغْفَلَةٌ ذ The عَنْفَقَة [or tuft of hair beneath the lower lip ]; (O, K, TA;) so says Th, (O,) or Ez-Zejjájee: (TA:) not the two sides thereof as it is said to signify by J: (K:) so called because many men neglect [the washing of] it. (TA.) It is said in a trad., عَلَيْكَ بِا@لْمَغْفَلَةِ [ Keep thou to the washing of the tuft of hair beneath the lower lip ]: meaning that one should use heedfulness in washing it, in the performance of the ablution termed وُضُوء. (TA.)

Derived headwords

مَغْفَلَةٌ
  1. 1.
عَلَيْكَ بِا@لْمَغْفَلَةِ