LessonsLegal Signification of Fi and Ba: Circumstance, Condition and AttachmentQuiz

«إِنْ ضَرَبْتُكَ أَوْ شَجَجْتُكَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ»
“If I strike or wound you in the mosque.”

Striking and wounding take effect upon the person struck or wounded. Accordingly, the location relevant to the wording may be where the victim receives the effect, even if the actor stands outside the mosque.

This is not a universal rule for every verb. One must first ask whether the act is complete through the actor alone or whether its legal identity turns on an effect upon the object. That analysis identifies the relevant place.

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Insulting and striking: whose location matters?

Legal Signification of Fi and Ba: Circumstance, Condition and Attachment

«إِنْ ضَرَبْتُكَ أَوْ شَجَجْتُكَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ»
“If I strike or wound you in the mosque.”

Striking and wounding take effect upon the person struck or wounded. Accordingly, the location relevant to the wording may be where the victim receives the effect, even if the actor stands outside the mosque.

This is not a universal rule for every verb. One must first ask whether the act is complete through the actor alone or whether its legal identity turns on an effect upon the object. That analysis identifies the relevant place.