LessonsLabīd ibn Rabīʿah: Hospitality, Justice, Trust and Tribal Leadership (Verses 70–88)Quiz

وَمُقَسِّمٌ يُعْطِي الْعَشِيرَةَ حَقَّهَا وَمُغَذْمِرٌ لِحُقُوقِهَا هَضَّامُهَا
Among us is one who distributes the tribe’s full due and another who protests encroachments on its rights while yielding from his own share.

Muqassim is an active participle: the distributor. Mughadmir expresses angry objection, and haḍḍām concerns accepting a reduction of a claim. A tribal leader may safeguard the clan’s rights by yielding part of his own.

The speaker extends tribal defence beyond fighting to the safeguarding and distribution of claims within the group.

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Verse 79: Fair shares and indignation

Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Hospitality, Justice, Trust and Tribal Leadership (Verses 70–88)

وَمُقَسِّمٌ يُعْطِي الْعَشِيرَةَ حَقَّهَا وَمُغَذْمِرٌ لِحُقُوقِهَا هَضَّامُهَا
Among us is one who distributes the tribe’s full due and another who protests encroachments on its rights while yielding from his own share.

Muqassim is an active participle: the distributor. Mughadmir expresses angry objection, and haḍḍām concerns accepting a reduction of a claim. A tribal leader may safeguard the clan’s rights by yielding part of his own.

The speaker extends tribal defence beyond fighting to the safeguarding and distribution of claims within the group.