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 "id": "concept/hajib",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "hajib",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الحاجب",
  "en": "Chamberlain (hajib)",
  "ur": "حاجب"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الحاجب من يقف على باب الحاكم أو القاضي فيأذن للناس بالدخول، وتفرقه الموسوعة عن البواب والنقيب. ويرى الفقهاء أن اتخاذ الحاجب جائز بحسب الحاجة، وتعرض شروطه وآدابه، ومنها الأمانة وألا يُرتشى. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6701} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6704} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6705}",
  "en": "A hajib is the attendant at the door of a ruler or judge who admits people. The encyclopedia distinguishes him from the gatekeeper and the warden. The jurists hold that a chamberlain may be appointed as needed, and the entry sets out his conditions and manners, including honesty and avoiding bribes. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6701} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6704} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6705}",
  "ur": "حاجب وہ شخص ہے جو حاکم یا قاضی کے دروازے پر کھڑا ہو کر لوگوں کو اندر آنے کی اجازت دیتا ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6701} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6704} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6705}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "tradition-versus-culture"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «الحاجب»، ص 6701-6705 من المسح",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w04-batch-7"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 0,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; summary of scan pp.6701-6705 read at summary level. Next headword حاجة (p.6706). Footnotes not checked."
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الحاجب من يقف على باب الحاكم أو القاضي ويأذن للناس، وتفرقه الموسوعة عن البواب والنقيب. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6701}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "اتخاذ الحاجب",
     "markdown": "يجوز للحاكم والقاضي اتخاذ حاجب بحسب الحاجة، وقد اتخذ النبي أنس بن مالك حاجبا، وكان لأبي بكر حاجب. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6704}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "شروطه وآدابه",
     "markdown": "يشترط فيه الأمانة وألا يُرتشى، وعند الحاجة قد يحتجب الحاكم عن الناس. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6705}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/hajib",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A hajib is the attendant at the door of a ruler or judge who admits people; the encyclopedia distinguishes him from the gatekeeper and the warden. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6701}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Appointing a chamberlain",
     "markdown": "A ruler or judge may appoint a chamberlain as needed. The Prophet had Anas ibn Malik in that role, and Abu Bakr had one too. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6704}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Conditions and manners",
     "markdown": "He must be honest and must not take bribes; the ruler may also withdraw from the public when there is need. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6705}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/hajib",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5, draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "حاجب حاکم یا قاضی کے دروازے پر لوگوں کو اجازت دینے والا شخص ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6701}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حاجب مقرر کرنا",
     "markdown": "ضرورت کے مطابق حاکم یا قاضی حاجب مقرر کر سکتا ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6704}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "شرائط اور آداب",
     "markdown": "حاجب امانت دار ہو اور رشوت نہ لے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6705}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/hajib",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5, draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/abjad-kings-etymology",
  "concept/al-ghazw-al-fikri",
  "concept/al-idara-al-islamiyya",
  "concept/al-ilam-wal-mas-uliyya",
  "concept/anwa",
  "concept/asma-al-ayyam-wal-shuhur-jahiliyya",
  "concept/ayyam-al-nuhsat",
  "concept/azlam"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}