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حَزْرَةُ المَالِ حزرة المال The better, or best, of cattle or other property; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حَزِيرَةُ المالِ: or the latter signifies property to which the heart clings: (TA:) the term حزرة is applied alike to what is masc. and what is fem.: (AO, Msb:) the pl. is حَزَرَاتٌ (S, Msb, K) and حَزْرَاتٌ, as though the sing. were an epithet: (Msb:) it is applied to the better or best of property because the owner of such property always, when he sees it, computes its quantity or number in his mind: accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, حَزَرَاتُ الأَمْوَالِ signifies those kinds of property which their owners love: accord. to AO, choice kinds of property. (TA.) You say also, هٰذَا حَزْرَةُ نَفْسِى, meaning This is the best of what I have: and of such property the collector of the poor-rate is forbidden to take. (S, Mgh, * TA.) Also, هِىَ حَزْرَةُ قَلْبِهِ It is the choice thing of his heart. (AO.)

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