Tribe (قَبِيلَةٌ)

Tribe (قَبِيلَةٌ)


أصول الفقه

المعنى الاصطلاحي :


A group of people belonging to the same lineage that is traced to the same ancestor.

الشرح المختصر :


"Qabeelah" (tribe) is a group of people of the same ancestral lineage, who normally live in the same region and speak the same dialect. It is considered the largest community for the Bedouins.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر :


"Qabeelah": a large group of people of the same lineage. Derived from "muqābalah", which means an encounter. Other meanings: clan, group, kind.