Mustathna (مُسْتَثْنَى) is the noun mentioned after إِلَّا or another word of exception so that it is excluded from the rule applying before it.
Exception means separating one or more members from a group. The meaning after the exception is therefore different from the rule stated before it.
First understand who is included in the original rule; then identify who is taken out.
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Mustathna (مُسْتَثْنَى) is the noun mentioned after إِلَّا or another word of exception so that it is excluded from the rule applying before it.
Exception means separating one or more members from a group. The meaning after the exception is therefore different from the rule stated before it.
First understand who is included in the original rule; then identify who is taken out.