KAIFIYAH كيفية
“Detailed circumstances.” A term used in Muslim books for a statement or account of anything, e.g. kaif iyat-i-taskhir, “the manner of attack”; kaif iyat-i-rasikhah, “a fixed or permanent quality”; kaif iyat-i-‘arizah, “a moveable or accidental quality.”
“Detailed circumstances.” A term used in Muslim books for a statement or account of anything, e.g. kaif iyat-i-taskhir, “the manner of attack”; kaif iyat-i-rasikhah, “a fixed or permanent quality”; kaif iyat-i-‘arizah, “a moveable or accidental quality.”
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam