«والحكم هاهنا وهو الفرض لا يصدق على أداء كل بعض كالنصف والثلثين»
The legal ruling of obligation does not necessarily attach to each arbitrarily chosen portion, such as one-half or two-thirds.
The governing principle avoids two errors: imposing every added feature as a validity condition without sufficient proof, or invoking “absolute wording” to ignore independently established legal duties.
The chapter’s applications include ablution, the stated punishment and exile, tawaf and bowing, the designation and purity of water, and the distinction between an unqualified slave and a believing slave in expiation. The next subject is shared and interpreted expressions.