وأما إذا ترجح بعض معاني المشترك ببيان المتكلم، فهو المفسر، وحكم المفسر وجوب العمل به قطعاً.
But if one meaning of a mushtarak is selected by the speaker’s own clarification, it is mufassar, and acting upon it is categorically required.
The footnote distinguishes how the meaning was determined. One path is reasoned preponderance; the other is clarification by the speaker. The latter is treated as removing this particular ambiguity rather than merely producing a likely interpretation.
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Mushtarak and Muʾawwal: Multiple Meanings, Preference and Legal Force
وأما إذا ترجح بعض معاني المشترك ببيان المتكلم، فهو المفسر، وحكم المفسر وجوب العمل به قطعاً.
But if one meaning of a mushtarak is selected by the speaker’s own clarification, it is mufassar, and acting upon it is categorically required.
The footnote distinguishes how the meaning was determined. One path is reasoned preponderance; the other is clarification by the speaker. The latter is treated as removing this particular ambiguity rather than merely producing a likely interpretation.