ʿAzīma and rukhṣa - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" ʿAzīma and rukhṣa - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Katz, Marion H.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1063162
Doc. NO	:	ALei3559
Main Entry	:	Katz, Marion H.
Title & Author	:	ʿAzīma and rukhṣa - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Katz, Marion H.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(699 words)
Abstract	:	ʿAzīm a and rukhṣa are legal terms referring, respectively, to the application of a commandment in Islamic law in its original force, and to its replacement with a less onerous alternative in cases of need or duress. Literally, rukhṣa means “facilitation” or “alleviation.” As a technical term in the discipline of uṣūl al-fiqh , it refers to a special dispensation from performing an obligatory act or from submitting to a prohibition, as a result of a mitigating circumstance (ʿudhr) . All other cases, in which the divine command remains in full
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3559.pdf