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What are the contemporary equivalents for a mudd, a sa' (ṣāʿ), a bareed (barīd), a dhira' (dhirāʿ), a farsakh, and a qullah?

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Contemporary researchers have meticulously determined the quantities of Islamic weights and measures and their modern equivalents. According to the research of Sheikh Abdullah bin Sulaiman Al-Manea and the Council of Senior Scholars, one mudd is equivalent to 544 grams, and one sa' is 2600 grams. As for the qullah, it is equivalent to 102 kilograms. Based on what Sheikh Wahbah Al-Zuhaili mentioned, the Hashemite dhira' is equivalent to 61.2 cm, the mil is 1848 meters, the farsakh is 5544 meters, and the Arab barid is 22.176 kilometers.

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