LessonsSpecific Expressions: Command, Prohibition, Performance, Make-up and TimingQuiz

«وأقيموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة»
Establish prayer and give zakat.

The verbs aqimu and atu are imperative forms. They demand actions rather than merely naming prayer or zakat.

«وحكمه: موجب الأمر المطلق الوجوب، إلا إذا قام الدليل على خلافه»
Its ruling is that an unrestricted command normally entails obligation, unless evidence indicates otherwise.

Thus obligation is the starting legal reading of a command, not an interpretation immune to countervailing textual evidence.

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A Qur’anic command and its default ruling

Specific Expressions: Command, Prohibition, Performance, Make-up and Timing

«وأقيموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة»
Establish prayer and give zakat.

The verbs aqimu and atu are imperative forms. They demand actions rather than merely naming prayer or zakat.

«وحكمه: موجب الأمر المطلق الوجوب، إلا إذا قام الدليل على خلافه»
Its ruling is that an unrestricted command normally entails obligation, unless evidence indicates otherwise.

Thus obligation is the starting legal reading of a command, not an interpretation immune to countervailing textual evidence.