adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of an action, in religious terms: recommended, favourable, virtuous. not-comparable

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mubah

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makruh

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَحَبّ (mustaḥabb, “recommended”), passive participle of اِسْتَحَبَّ (istaḥabba, “to deem recommended”).

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