كَفاف
Root: ك ف فSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
الكَفاف من الرِّزق
ما كان قدْر الحاجة دون زيادة أو نُقصان، أي : ما كفّ عن النَّاس وأغنى
🇬🇧 Translation:
sustenance that is just enough to meet one's needs without excess or deficiency; that which suffices a person and makes them independent of others.
Example / Citation:
- " يعيش على الكَفاف
- ليتني أخرج من هذا كفافًا : لا لي ولا عليّ
- اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ رِزْقَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَفَافًا [حديث] "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " He lives on bare sufficiency
- I wish I emerge from this cleanly: neither for me nor against me
- O Allah, make the sustenance of the family of Muhammad a sufficiency [Hadith] "
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