الحميد
(الحمد) في اللغة هو الثناء، والفرقُ بينه وبين (الشكر): أن (الحمد)...
Refusal to testify
(النُّكُولُ)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
Refusing to take an oath that is required by the Shariah.
الشرح المختصر
"Nukool" (refusal to take an oath) means that a disputing party refuses to take a legal oath although he is allowed to take it to clear his liability or is judicially required to take it. This refusal could be explicit, such as by saying: "I refuse to take this oath," or implicit, such as by keeping silent without being mute or dumb or by changing the required wording.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Nukool": cowardice, not going forward, constraints. Original meaning: preventing and pushing.
التعريف
To abstain from making a required oath.