الخفي: ما خفي مراده بعارض غير الصيغة.
Khafi is wording whose intended application becomes obscure due to a factor other than the expression's own form.
The decisive phrase is bi-ʿarid ghayr al-sighah. The ordinary linguistic sense can remain clear. The difficulty appears when one asks whether an unusual instance is covered by the term.
Thus the problem is not necessarily finding a word's dictionary meaning. It may be determining whether a particular case falls under the legal expression.
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Khafi, Mushkal, Mujmal and Mutashabih: Degrees of Obscurity
الخفي: ما خفي مراده بعارض غير الصيغة.
Khafi is wording whose intended application becomes obscure due to a factor other than the expression's own form.
The decisive phrase is bi-ʿarid ghayr al-sighah. The ordinary linguistic sense can remain clear. The difficulty appears when one asks whether an unusual instance is covered by the term.
Thus the problem is not necessarily finding a word's dictionary meaning. It may be determining whether a particular case falls under the legal expression.