AL-KABĪR (الكبير). “The Great One.” One of the ninety-nine attributes of God, [Sūrah xxxiv. 22]: “He is the High (al-ʿAlī) and the Great (al-Kabīr).”
KABĪRAH (كبيرة). The fem. of kabīr, “great.” A term used in theological books for Gunāh-i-Kabīrah, “a great sin”; namely, that sin which is clearly forbidden in the law, and for which punishment has been ordained of God. [[SIN].]
KAʿBĪYAH (كعبية). A sect of Muslims founded by Abū Qāsim Muḥammad ibn al-Kaʿbī, who was a Muʿtazilī of Bag͟hdād, who said the acts of God were without purpose, will, or desire.
KACHKŪL (كچكول). Persian (vulg. kachkol). The begging bowl of a religious mendicant. [[FAQIR].]
KAFĀLAH (كفالة). [[BAIL].]
KAFAN (كفن). The shroud for the dead. It usually consists of three pieces of cloth for a man and five for a woman. Those for a man: 1, An izār, or piece of cloth, reaching from the navel to the knees or ankle joints; 2, A qamīṣ, or shirt, from the neck to the knees; 3, A sheet to cover the whole corpse. For a woman there are also a breast band and head band. The whole being of white. [[BURIAL].]
KAFFĀRAH (كفارة), from kafr, “to hide.” Heb. כִּפֻּרִים. Lit. “Coverings; atonements; expiation.”
The word occurs four times in the Qurʾān:—
[Sūrah v. 49]: “Whoso remitteth it as alms shall have expiation for his sins.”
[Sūrah v. 91]: “Its expiation shall be to feed ten persons.” “This is the expiation for your oaths.”