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Vocabulary of the ḥadith:
– Busr: the first letter (bāʾ) is read with ḍamma; her personal name is Bahiyyah al-Māziyyah.
– Liḥāʾ ʿinab (grape peel): the lām may be vocalized with either fatḥah or kasrah, the ḥāʾ is un-dotted and elongated; literally, it is the outer skin of anything, and here it specifically means the skin of the grape, the well-known fruit.
– Fa-l-yamḍugh-hā: conjugated on the pattern of Naṣara/Fataḥa, meaning: he should chew it in order to break his fast.
* مفردات الحديث:
- بُسْر: بضم الباء، اسمها: بهية المازينية.
- لِحاء عنب: -بفتح اللام وكسرها فحاء مهملة ممدودة- هو قشرة كل شيء، والمراد هنا: قشرة العنب "الفاكهة المعروفة".
- فليمضغها: من باب نصر وفتح؛ أي: يطعمها للفطر بها.
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