الغفار
كلمة (غفّار) في اللغة صيغة مبالغة من الفعل (غَفَرَ يغْفِرُ)،...
Freed salve
(الْعَتِيقُ)
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المعنى الاصطلاحي
A person who has been freed from slavery after having been a slave.
الشرح المختصر
"‘Ateeq" (freed slave) is a slave who has been freed by his master. This freedom gives him the legal power to remain free without being a slave for anyone else again. He thereby becomes eligible for testimony, guardianship, and other legal entitlements which he was ineligible for when he was a slave.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"‘Ateeq": a freed slave. Derived from "‘itq", which means freedom. Opposite: "‘abd" (slave). Other meanings: pure, antique, something that reached its end.
التعريف
A person who used to be owned by another but was set free and became a free person.