الأعلى
كلمة (الأعلى) اسمُ تفضيل من العُلُوِّ، وهو الارتفاع، وهو اسمٌ من...
Vicious animals
(فَواسِق)
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المعنى الاصطلاحي
Animals which instinctively attack people and harm them.
الشرح المختصر
"Fawaasiq" (vicious animals) are animals that instinctively tend to harm people and attack them, such as scorpions, mice, crows, rabid dogs, kites, and so on. The Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, called these animals by this name out of despising them due to their excessive evil and their harmful nature.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Fawaasiq" (sing. faasiq): sinful persons. Original meaning of "fisq": coming out of something because of turning bad (like date coming out of skin because it has started to rot).