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Laughing

Arabic zahk, zihk . Heb. (Gen. xviii, 13.) Immoderate laughing is generally condemned by- Muhammadan teachers, for ‘Ayishah relates that Muhammad "never laughed a full laugh so that the inside of his mouth could be seen; he only smiled." (Mishkat, book xxii. ch. vii)

citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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