The atonement for a vow which has not been performed is the same as for an oath, namely, the freeing of a slave, or clothing ten poor persons, or feeding ten persons, or three days fast. (Hidāyah, Arabic ed., vol. i. p. 350.) [[OATH].]
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WADĪʿAH (وديعة). Lit. “A thing put down.” The legal term for a deposit. (See Hamilton’s Hidāyah, vol. iii. p. 259.)
AL-WADŪD (الودود). “The Loving One,” or “The Beloved One.” One of the ninety-nine special attributes of God. It occurs twice in the Qurʾān:—
[Sūrah xi. 92]: “My Lord is Merciful and Loving.”
[Sūrah lxxxv. 14]: “He is the Forgiving, the Loving.”
Al-Maliku ʾl-Wadūd, the “King of Love.”
WAḤDANĪYAH (وحدنية). (1) A theological term for the doctrine of the Unity of God. (2) The name of a sect of Ṣūfīs. [[GOD], [SIKHISM], [SUFI].]
WAḤDATU ʾL-WUJŪDĪYAH (وحدة الوجودية). A pantheistic sect of Ṣūfīs, who say that everything is God, and of the same essence.
AL-WAHHĀB (الوهاب). “The Bestower of gifts.” One of the ninety-nine special attributes of God. It occurs in the Qurʾān, e.g. [Sūrah iii. 6]: “Thou art He who bestoweth gifts.”