Muslah

Posted on 06/08/2012 by marina

MUSLAH مثلة
The mutilation of the body, which is forbidden by Muslim law, except in the case of retaliation. (Mishkat, book xii. ch. ii.)

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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