LessonsFirst Map of Legal Wording: Khas, Aam, Mushtarak and Mu'awwalQuiz

Wad' (assignment): a word being fixed or established for a meaning. For example, the word “book” is used for the familiar object called a book.

Madlul (what a word indicates): the thing or meaning to which the word points. In “three books,” the number three is the fixed quantity indicated by the number word.

So we ask: For what meaning was the word assigned, and what does it indicate here?

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First Map of Legal Wording: Khas, Aam, Mushtarak and Mu'awwal

Wad' (assignment): a word being fixed or established for a meaning. For example, the word “book” is used for the familiar object called a book.

Madlul (what a word indicates): the thing or meaning to which the word points. In “three books,” the number three is the fixed quantity indicated by the number word.

So we ask: For what meaning was the word assigned, and what does it indicate here?