What does Al-ṣḥyḥ mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ṣḥyḥ (صحيح) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-ṣḥyḥ

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is that in which the place of the fa', the 'ayn and the lam contains no weak letter, no hamza and no doubling; among the grammarians: a noun having no weak letter at its end.

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

That which is relied upon.

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to Al-Kulliyat (Al-Kafawi)

What is lawful with its prerequisites and attributes; the fasid (defective): lawful in its origin but not in its attributes.

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

The opposite of the fasid (defective) and the marid (ailing). Among the jurists: what is sound in its origin and in its attributes.

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

That whose chain is connected, by the transmission of an upright, precise narrator from his like, and which is free of deviation (shudhudh) and hidden defect ('illa).

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

That which contains no weak letter forming a pillar at the site of the scansion foot (darb) and the meter form ('arud), and no deficiency of the kinds that affect certain metrical forms and types.

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Right-angled and equilateral.

Al-ṣḥyḥ according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Among the usulists: that to which legal efficacy attaches and which is taken into account.

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