If the omitted portion supplies an indispensable condition, exception, pronoun antecedent, or scope, quoting only what remains may alter the claim. Removing an attached exception, for instance, can misleadingly broaden a ruling.
For al-Nawawī, permissibility depends on omission not impairing the statement or changing what it indicates. Where that condition fails, the connected context must be retained.
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The Compilation Method: Narrator Tiers, Justified Repetition and Abridgement
If the omitted portion supplies an indispensable condition, exception, pronoun antecedent, or scope, quoting only what remains may alter the claim. Removing an attached exception, for instance, can misleadingly broaden a ruling.
For al-Nawawī, permissibility depends on omission not impairing the statement or changing what it indicates. Where that condition fails, the connected context must be retained.