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غَنِيمَةٌ ذ and ↓ مَغْنَمٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ غَنِيمٌ and ↓ غُنْمٌ all signify فَىْءٌ [as meaning Spoil, booty, or plunder]: and the acquisition of a thing without difficulty, or trouble, or inconvenience: or this is termed ↓ غُنْمٌ , and فَىْءٌ is termed غَنِيمَةٌ: (K:) or, accord. to A 'Obeyd, الغَنِيمَةُ signifies what is obtained from the believers in a plurality of gods, by force, during war; (Mgh, Msb:) and of this, a fifth is to be taken, [and applied in the manner prescribed in the Kur viii. 42,] and what remains after the fifth is for those who have obtained it, exclusively; (Mgh;) the horseman having three shares, and the foot-soldier having one share: (Az, TA:) and الفَىْءُ signifies what is obtained from them after the laying-down of arms, (Mgh, Msb,) when the country, or place, becomes a country, or place, of Islám; and this is for all of the Muslims, and is not to be divided into fifths: (Mgh:) or the فَىْء is what God has given, or restored, of the possessions of the believers in a plurality of gods, to the Muslims, without war, such as the poll-tax, and that for which peace has been made with them; and of this also a fifth is to be applied in the manner prescribed by God, and the remainder is to be expended in the purchase of horses and weapons and other apparatus for the defence of the frontiers: (Az, TA:) and النَّفَلُ is what is given to the warrior in addition to his share; and is when the Imám or the commander says, “ He who slays one shall have his spoil; ” or says to a detachment, “ What ye obtain shall be yours, ” or “ the quarter of it, ” or “ the half of it; ” and it is not divided into fifths; and it lies on the Imám to fulfil the promise: or, accord. to 'Alee Ibn-'Eesà, الغَنِيمَةُ is more general in signification than النَّفَلُ; and الفَىْءُ is more so than الغَنِيمَةُ, because it is a name for everything of the possessions of the believers in a plurality of gods that becomes the property of the Muslims: accord. to the lawyers, everything that may be lawfully taken, of their possessions, is فَىْء: (Mgh:) the pl. of غَنِيمَةٌ is غَنَائِمُ; and the pl. of ↓ مَغْنَمٌ is مَغَانِمُ, (Msb, TA,) and غُنُومٌ occurs as pl. of ↓ غُنْمٌ . (TA.) غَنِيمَةٌ بَارِدَةٌ see expl. in art. برد.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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