LessonsAzimah and Rukhsah: Original Rulings, Excuses, and Two Forms of ConcessionQuiz

وهي أعذار العباد، وفي العاقبة تؤول إلى نوعين
The excuses concern persons, and the resulting concessions fall into two principal categories.

First: the act receives a qualified allowance while its underlying prohibited character remains; refusing the act may therefore be meritorious.
Second: the act's status changes to permissible for the excused person, and in a severe life-preserving necessity making use of that permission may be required.

The decisive distinction is whether the underlying prohibition remains or is lifted for that person. Calling both cases rukhsah does not make their consequences identical.

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Two principal forms of concession

Azimah and Rukhsah: Original Rulings, Excuses, and Two Forms of Concession

وهي أعذار العباد، وفي العاقبة تؤول إلى نوعين
The excuses concern persons, and the resulting concessions fall into two principal categories.

First: the act receives a qualified allowance while its underlying prohibited character remains; refusing the act may therefore be meritorious.
Second: the act's status changes to permissible for the excused person, and in a severe life-preserving necessity making use of that permission may be required.

The decisive distinction is whether the underlying prohibition remains or is lifted for that person. Calling both cases rukhsah does not make their consequences identical.