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مَكْرُوه
disliked /mak.ˈruːh/
adjectiveB2#3825 most common
Also: reprehensible, discouraged (Islamic law: neither forbidden nor required), distasteful
Example sentences
هذا الفعل مكروه.
This act is disliked.
التدخين مكروه في نظر كثير من الناس.
Smoking is disliked in the eyes of many people.
كان الكذب مكروهًا عند جميع من عرفوه.
Lying was disliked by everyone who knew him.
تُعتبر بعض العادات مكروهة اجتماعيًا رغم أنها ليست ممنوعة قانونًا.
Some habits are considered socially disliked even though they are not legally forbidden.
يصنف الفقهاء الصيام يوم عيد الفطر ضمن الأفعال المكروهة.
Jurists classify fasting on the day of Eid al-Fitr among the disliked acts.
على الرغم من اختلاف العلماء في تصنيف هذا الفعل، فإن الرأي الراجح يميل إلى اعتباره مكروهًا كراهة تنزيه لا تحريم.
Although scholars disagree on how to classify this act, the prevailing opinion tends to consider it disliked in the milder sense, not outright forbidden.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَكْرُوهٌ | مَكْرُوهُونَ |
| Genitive | مَكْرُوهٍ | مَكْرُوهِينَ |
| Accusative | مَكْرُوهًا | مَكْرُوهِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَكْرُوهُ | يَا مَكْرُوهُونَ |
Word family
كَرِهَto dislike, hate
كُرْهaversion, reluctanceكَرَاهِيَةhatred, abhorrence, disgust
إِكْرَاهcoercion, compulsion
كَرِيهrepulsive, disgustingEtymology
Makrūh comes from the Arabic root k-r-h, carried by the verb kariha, meaning to dislike, hate, or feel reluctance toward something. Makrūh is the passive participle built on the standard maf'ūl pattern, so it literally denotes something that is disliked or made to be disliked. The word entered Islamic legal vocabulary to mark a middle category between permitted and forbidden.
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