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Sadd al-Dharāʾiʿ (Blocking the Means)

Prohibiting an otherwise-permissible act because it predictably leads to a forbidden outcome (and its converse, opening the means to a good).

Prohibiting an otherwise-permissible act because it predictably leads to a forbidden outcome (and its converse, opening the means to a good).

Key passages(2)

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Qacida Cazima Fi Farq · Ibn Taymiyya

High