If an opening is attractive but offers no clue to the later theme, what is the safer classification?
Final Chapter: Excellence of Opening, Barāʿat al-Istihlāl, Transition and Conclusion
- It may be ḥusn al-ibtidāʾ, not necessarily barāʿat al-istihlāl
- It must be iqtiḍāb
- It must be rad al-ʿajz ʿalā al-ṣadr
- It is necessarily ḥusn al-intihāʾ