Aqilar

Posted on 03/13/2012 by marina

‘AQILAR عاقلر
The relatives who pay the expiatory mulet for manslaughter or any other legal fine. They must be relatives descended from one common father. (Hamilton’s Hidayah yol. iv. pages 449, 452; Baillie’s Law of Sale, p. 214.)

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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