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  "ar": "الرفقة",
  "en": "Rifqa (the travelling company): its recommendation, the duties of companions, the pilgrimage and the rules for women",
  "ur": "رفقہ (سفر کے ساتھی)"
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  "ar": "الرفقة في اللغة الصحبة، والرفقة جماعة ترافق الرجل في السفر. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} يستحب للمسافر أن يسافر مع رفقة، ويكره أن يسافر منفردا، وقد نهى النبي عن الانفراد. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} ويستحب أن تكون الرفقة من أهل الصلاح، وأن يؤمروا عليهم أفضلهم رأيا، ويستحب ألا يشتركوا في الزاد والنفقة إلا بقدر ما يحسن. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} ويشترط في وجوب الحج وجود رفقة إذا كان الطريق مخوفا. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} ولا تسافر المرأة إلا مع زوج أو ذي محرم عند الجمهور، وأجاز المالكية سفرها للواجب مع رفقة مأمونة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825} وعلى الرفقة في السفر دفن من مات منهم وتجهيزه، ويجب على المسافر أن يسأل رفقته عن الماء للوضوء. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825}",
  "en": "Rifqa in the lexicon is companionship; a rifqa is the company that travels with a man. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} It is recommended to travel with a company and disliked to travel alone. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} The company should be of righteous people and should appoint the best of them as leader; sharing one's food and money is advised only as far as it suits all. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} The duty of pilgrimage requires a company where the road is dangerous. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} For women the majority require a husband or a mahram to travel with them, while the Malikis allow a trusted company for a duty. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825} The company must bury and prepare any dead companion, and a traveller must ask his companions for water for ablution. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825}",
  "ur": "رفقہ سفر کے ساتھی ہیں؛ اکیلے سفر سے بچنا مستحب ہے، اور عورت کو محرم یا شوہر کے بغیر سفر نہ کرنا چاہیے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824}"
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  "period/prophetic-era"
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 "themes": [
  "family-marriage-kinship",
  "sacred-space-and-pilgrimage"
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 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «رفقة»، ص 8822-8825 من المسح (الأرقام المطبوعة ص 298-301)",
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   "run": "mawsua-w05-batch45"
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   "completeness": 2,
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الرفقة في اللغة الصحبة، والرفقة جماعة ترافق الرجل في السفر. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} يستحب للمسافر أن يسافر مع رفقة، ويكره أن يسافر منفردا، وقد نهى النبي عن الانفراد. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} ويستحب أن تكون الرفقة من أهل الصلاح، وأن يؤمروا عليهم أفضلهم رأيا، ويستحب ألا يشتركوا في الزاد والنفقة إلا بقدر ما يحسن. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} ويشترط في وجوب الحج وجود رفقة إذا كان الطريق مخوفا. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} ولا تسافر المرأة إلا مع زوج أو ذي محرم عند الجمهور، وأجاز المالكية سفرها للواجب مع رفقة مأمونة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825} وعلى الرفقة في السفر دفن من مات منهم وتجهيزه، ويجب على المسافر أن يسأل رفقته عن الماء للوضوء. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/rifqa-fiqh",
    "lang": "ar",
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Rifqa in the lexicon is companionship; a rifqa is the company that travels with a man. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} It is recommended to travel with a company and disliked to travel alone. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} The company should be of righteous people and should appoint the best of them as leader; sharing one's food and money is advised only as far as it suits all. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} The duty of pilgrimage requires a company where the road is dangerous. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8823} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} For women the majority require a husband or a mahram to travel with them, while the Malikis allow a trusted company for a duty. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825} The company must bury and prepare any dead companion, and a traveller must ask his companions for water for ablution. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8825}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "concept/rifqa-fiqh",
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   "updated": "2026-10-23"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "رفقہ سفر کے ساتھی ہیں؛ اکیلے سفر سے بچنا مستحب ہے، اور عورت کو محرم یا شوہر کے بغیر سفر نہ کرنا چاہیے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8822} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8824}"
    }
   ],
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