إكاف

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Arabic

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Noun

إِكَاف (ʔikāfm (plural أُكُف (ʔukuf) or آكِفَة (ʔākifa) or أَكِفَّة (ʔakiffa)) (obsolete)

  1. Alternative form of أُكَّاف (ʔukkāf, packsaddle)
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 32:141:
      [] أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ —صَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ— رَكِبَ حِمَارًا عَلَيْهِ إِكَافٌ تَحْتَهُ قَطِيفَةٌ فَدَكِيَّةٌ وَأَرْدَفَ وَرَاءَهُ أُسَامَةَ
      [] ʔaḵbarahu ʔanna n-nabiyya —ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama— rakiba ḥimāran ʕalayhi ʔikāfun taḥtahu qaṭīfatun fadakiyyatun waʔardafa warāʔahu ʔusāmata
      The Prophet (ﷺ) rode a donkey. It had on it a saddle under which was a mattress made at Fadak. Behind him he seated Usama.

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