A student reads the instruction “Close the door.” Which approach best uses both indication and context?
Usul al-Fiqh: Need, Subject and Purpose
- Notice that the words direct closing the door, then examine who said them, to whom and in what situation
- Choose the result the reader prefers, even if the wording points elsewhere
- Study only the situation and disregard what the sentence actually says
- Translate the sentence and assume that no surrounding information can ever matter