K͟HUDĀI (خداى), also K͟HUDĀ (خدا). From the Persian خود k͟hūd, “self,” and آى āi, “coming.” The Supreme Being; the Self-Existing God. [[GOD].] K͟hudā-parast, “a God worshipper”; K͟hudā-tars, “a God fearer”; K͟hudā-shinās, “a God knower”; K͟hudā-faroshān, “God sellers,” i.e. hypocrites.
K͟HUDĀWAND (خداوند). A Persian word, signifying, “lord,” “prince,” “master.” A possessor: a man of authority. It is used as a title of the Deity, and by Christian missionaries in India it is generally employed as a translation of the Greek Κύριος, “Lord.” In the G͟hiyās̤u ʾl-Lug͟hah, it is derived from K͟hudā, “God”; and wand, “like”; i.e. one like unto God.
K͟HULʿ (خلع). An agreement entered into for the purpose of dissolving marriage. The release from the marriage tie obtained by a wife upon payment of a compensation or consideration. In the Hidāyah it is said: “Whenever enmity takes place between husband and wife, and they both see reason to apprehend the ends of marriage are not likely to be answered by a continuance of their union, the woman need not scruple to release herself from the power of her husband, by offering such a compensation as may induce him to liberate her.” In the event of a woman desiring this form of divorce, she is not entitled to the repayment of her dower. This law is laid down in the Qurʾān: “If ye fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of God, then no blame shall attach to either of you for what the wife shall herself give for her redemption.” ([Sūrah ii. 229].)
AL-K͟HULAFĀʾU ʾR-RĀSHIDŪN (الخلفاء الراشدون). “The well-directed K͟halīfahs.” A title given to the first four successors of Muḥammad—Abū Bakr, ʿUmar (Omar), ʿUs̤mān, and ʿAlī. It is generally held by the Sunnīs that after these four reigns, Islām became corrupted, and the succession in the office of K͟halīfah uncertain. [[KHALIFAH].]
K͟HULQ (خلق). “Disposition; temper; nature.” Qurʾān, [Sūrah lxviii. 4]: “Verily thou art of a noble nature.”
K͟HULT̤ĪN (خلطين). An infusion of dates and raisins, boiled together until they ferment and become spirituous, but of which a Muslim can drink without impropriety or sin. This is grounded on a circumstance relative to Ibn Ziyād, which is thus related by himself: “ʿAbdu ʾllāh, the son of ʿUmar, having given me some sherbet to drink, I became intoxicated to such a degree that I knew not my own house. I went to him next morning, and, having informed him of the circumstance, he acquainted me that he had given me nothing but a drink composed of dates and raisins. Now this was certainly k͟hult̤īn, which had undergone the operation of boiling; because it is elsewhere related by ʿUmar that it is unlawful in its crude state.” (Hidāyah, vol. iv. p. 161.)
K͟HULŪD (خلود). “Eternity.” [[ETERNAL PUNISHMENT].]
K͟HUMS (خمس). “A fifth.” The fifth of property which is given to the Baitu ʾl-Māl, or public treasury.
K͟HUNS̤Ā (خنثى). [[HERMAPHRODITE].]
K͟HUSŪF (خسوف). [[ECLIPSE OF THE MOON].]