What does Al-wqṣ mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-wqṣ (وقص) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-wqṣ

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

It is the elision of the ta' of mafa'ilatun, so that it becomes mafa'ilun; it is called awqas.

Al-wqṣ according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

With two fathas, the qaf sometimes unvowelled: what lies, in the payment of zakat, between two thresholds (farida) and on which nothing is due. Al-Farabi said: waqs is like shanaq, namely what lies between two thresholds. It has been said: 'the awqas are in cattle and sheep'; it has been said: 'in cattle only', and al-ashnaq in camels. Waqs in language is from 'waqasa al-'unuq': shortening the neck. As a technical term: what lies between the two thresholds among all grazing livestock (an'am). (Al-Misbah al-Munir, p. 256; al-Risala with the commentary al-Thamar al-Dani, p. 294).

Al-wqṣ according to Al-Qamus al-Fiqhi

The neck of the beast. 'Waqasahu waqsan': to crush and break it; the beast is then mawqusah. ''Unuquhu waqasa': its neck broke. 'Waqasa fulanan waqsan': to be short-necked by nature; he is then awqas, she waqsa'; plural: wuqs.

Al-wqṣ according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

With fatha: one of the awqas in almsgiving (sadaqa), namely what lies between the two thresholds; example: when camels reach five, one sheep is due on them and nothing on the increase until they reach ten; what is between five and ten is waqs. Likewise waqs is the crushing of the neck, and with full vowelling (tahrik), shortness of the neck.