أَوْ طَلَبُ التَّرْكِ كَمَا هُوَ مَذْهَبُ الْبَعْضِ
Or, according to some, it requests leaving an act undone.
Two formulations are considered: ṭalab al-kaff, a request for active restraint, and ṭalab al-tark, a request to leave the act undone. They frequently converge in ordinary usage but isolate different conceptual aspects.
Kaff highlights withholding oneself; tark highlights nonperformance. This distinction is relevant when asking whether refraining is itself a positive, voluntary action or simply absence of the prohibited act.
TermApproximate senseAnalytical focus
Ṭalab al-kaffRequesting restraintVoluntary withholding
Ṭalab al-tarkRequesting nonperformanceNon-occurrence of the act