Muhakkima
Meanings
name
- An early faction of the Kharijites who seceded after the arbitration between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiya I, asserting the slogan “Judgment belongs only to God.”
Word forms
Etymology
From Arabic المُحَكِّمَة (al-muḥakkima), literally “the arbitrators” or “those who judge”, from the root ح ك م (ḥ k m).
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