LessonsDegrees of Indication: Ẓāhir, Naṣṣ, Mufassar, Muḥkam and Obscure ExpressionsQuiz

مَا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَفِيهِ الْعُشْرُ
What is watered by rain is subject to a tithe.

لَيْسَ فِي الْخَضْرَوَاتِ صَدَقَةٌ
There is no prescribed alms due on vegetables.

The first expression addresses a general agricultural assessment; the second is used in discussions of a possible exception for vegetables. Their interaction requires attention to what each report was brought to establish and to the proof-status of the respective reports.

Where jurists differ about the strength of a report or its applicability, a resulting ruling must not be presented as uncontested across schools.

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Produce, the tithe, and the scope of a report

Degrees of Indication: Ẓāhir, Naṣṣ, Mufassar, Muḥkam and Obscure Expressions

مَا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَفِيهِ الْعُشْرُ
What is watered by rain is subject to a tithe.

لَيْسَ فِي الْخَضْرَوَاتِ صَدَقَةٌ
There is no prescribed alms due on vegetables.

The first expression addresses a general agricultural assessment; the second is used in discussions of a possible exception for vegetables. Their interaction requires attention to what each report was brought to establish and to the proof-status of the respective reports.

Where jurists differ about the strength of a report or its applicability, a resulting ruling must not be presented as uncontested across schools.