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Termmakhda' (inner chamber)
Cited in 2 segments across 1 recording · 2019 · term/term:makhda
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4 May 2019On Current Events
Does a hadith tell women to pray in a closet?
No: the word makhda' means an inner sleeping chamber, not a closet, and such rooms were dark only because houses had no lamps.
machine3 min 53 s5:33on YouTube
4 May 2019On Current Events
Musaylima, Sajah and the poem that shows what makhda' means
Musaylima's poem to the false prophetess Sajah uses makhda' for a bedchamber, showing the word never meant a cupboard.
machine5 min 45 s9:26on YouTube