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Fard-e-Kifaya

फ़र्ज़-ए-किफ़ाया
said FARD-e-ki-FAA-ya
also written: fard kifayah
Meaning

A communal obligation discharged for all if performed by some, such as funeral prayer.

See it in the verse

Fard-e-Kifaya in Iqbal’s couplets

Afrad ke hathon mein hai aqwam ki taqdeer
Har fard hai millat ke muqaddar ka sitara
The destiny of nations rests in the hands of individuals — every single person is a star in the fortune of the whole.
Action · Leadership · Selfhood
Related words
ARABIC

Fard

A single independent couplet that stands complete on its own, not part of a longer poem.

ARABIC

Fard-e-Ain

An individual obligation binding on every Muslim personally, such as daily prayer.

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