Raqaba (the neck; the person as a slave): its place in wiping the neck in ablution, in divorce and in zihar when attached to the neck, and in manumission

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Raqaba in the lexicon is the neck, and by a figure of speech the whole person; it also means a slave, as in the phrase 'freeing a neck'. ¹ Wiping the neck in ablution is recommended by the Hanafis, disliked by the Malikis and not recommended by the Hanbalis; the Shafi'is add washing the side of the neck to the lengthening of the white mark. ¹ If a husband attaches divorce to his wife's neck, the divorce takes effect. ^{1 2} If he likens his wife's neck to his mother's, the majority hold it a zihar, while the Hanafis do not. ² The term raqaba names a slave in manumission, the expiations and contracts of writing-off. ²