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Default Re: Being a Real Man in Islam

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Originally Posted by Arabesque View Post
You might find this strange, but in Arabic, we have a name for every "phase" of a person's life.

Waleed (newly born)

Radhee3 (one who is breastfed)

Tifl (child)

Sabbi (older child ... I'd say someone who is 6 years +)

Ghulam (older than Sabbi, and that's probably 10+)

Fatta (I'd say between 12-17)

Shaab (young man, probably 18+)

Rajjul (man, that's like nearing or mid 30s)

Kahl (one who has reached maturity, 30+)

Shaykh or Sha'ib (one whose hair and beard has started greying indicating old age, 50+)

Mussin (60+)

Mu3ammir or Harrim (one who lives long or one who becomes old and weak, and that would be 70+)

Does that make sense? Maybe you were asking for a simple answer, but I get carried away sometimes
Cool.
Equivalent for girls/women?


Fata is not really between adolescence and manhood then, is it? It's just adolescence.


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