"The rule of Hell, solution to use doubtful products"

Document Type : Original Article

Author

PhD of Imami words,Faculty of theology, University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Permissibility or prohibition of some of the Halal products is, in many cases, doubtable. It is because there is no ruling or there is an ambiguous judgment or a conflict between two rulings which is called as al-shubhat al-hukmiyah or as a result of confusion in external instances, which is named as al-shubhat al-misdaqiyah."The rule of permissibility (Hell)" in such cases can be regarded as the primary principle for determining Permissibility or prohibition ruling of General Obligation (al-hukm al-taklifi) or even ruling of Situation (al-hukm al-Wazie) in these cases. The author of this paper explains this principle and examines its differences with other jurisprudential rules, such as "the principle of exemption" (al-baraah) and "the continuity of permissibility" (al-istishab). Then explains its contradiction with other practical principles. Finally it is considered carefully the reasons for this rule and its scope.

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