LessonsLegal Cause, Effective Cause and ConditionQuiz

والسبب مع العلة إذا اجتمعا يضاف الحكم إلى العلة دون السبب.
Where both a facilitating cause and an operative cause are present, the ruling is normally attributed to the operative cause.

Suppose a person supplies information, after which another person deliberately takes property. The information facilitated the event, but the taking is an independent action by another agent. That distinction matters to attribution.

This is a normal rule rather than an absolute denial of liability through indirect causes. If attribution to the operative cause becomes unavailable, certain cases permit attribution to the sabab instead.

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Where attribution goes when sabab and ʿillah coexist

Legal Cause, Effective Cause and Condition

والسبب مع العلة إذا اجتمعا يضاف الحكم إلى العلة دون السبب.
Where both a facilitating cause and an operative cause are present, the ruling is normally attributed to the operative cause.

Suppose a person supplies information, after which another person deliberately takes property. The information facilitated the event, but the taking is an independent action by another agent. That distinction matters to attribution.

This is a normal rule rather than an absolute denial of liability through indirect causes. If attribution to the operative cause becomes unavailable, certain cases permit attribution to the sabab instead.