"Shab" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... does not wear glass bangles or a nose-ring again unless she takes a second husband. For four months and ten days the widow is strictly secluded and does not leave the house. Prayers for ancestors are offered annually at the Shab-i-Barat or Bakr-Id festival. [317] The property of a deceased Muhammadan is applicable in the first place to the payment of his funeral expenses; secondly, to the discharge of his debts; and thirdly, to the payment of legacies ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) • R.V. Russell |
