Recommended precaution () is a

fiqh ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...

term, prominently used by

Shi'a Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

marjas when giving

fatwa A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist i ...

s. is an action in such a way that includes certain knowledge to original . This term is considered from two views: the first is view and the other is juridical perspective (). In view, is concerned with the principle of Ihtiyat while in juridical view, dealt with , imitation and .

Definition

There are many definitions for recommended precaution () in

books and essays. is observed where the man of jurisprudence does not say anything about fatwa and on the other hand jurists choose the way of imitation freely. Sometimes is to action of (one who must act religious tasks) in such a way that the one find definite knowledge of original task. sometimes is along with the repetition of action and sometimes with is not along with. There is also a difference between in fatwa and giving fatwa in recommended precaution. literally means preservation and keeping. Caution concerned primarily with action but with creating rules.

Types of

There are many divisions in and its types. divided in one hand into indispensable, and needed and in other hand in respect to action, not action and collection of action and not action.

in the Quran

Three groups of verses refer to indispensability of . *The first group refers to those verses which point to forbidding talking about something without having knowledge. *The second group refers to those verses which point to forbidding the annihilation of human souls. *The third group refers to those verses which point to order to (avoiding). When Shi'a give fatwas, they sometimes are not sure about the legality of some issues. In those cases, they recommend that the follower of the refrain from the act, in case it would indeed be

haram ''Haram'' (; ar, حَرَام, , ) is an Arabic term meaning 'Forbidden'. This may refer to either something sacred to which access is not allowed to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowle ...

. This is in contrast to the general term ''

mustahabb ''Mustahabb'' () is an Islamic term referring to recommended, favoured or virtuous actions. ''Mustahabb'' actions are those whose ruling (''ahkam'') in Islamic law falls between ''mubah'' (neutral; neither encouraged nor discouraged) and ''waji ...

'', where people voluntarily do or refrain from doing actions that they know they are ''not'' obliged to. As example: :''It is a recommended precaution that even a child should not be made to sit in the toilet with its face or back facing

Qibla The qibla ( ar, قِبْلَة, links=no, lit=direction, translit=qiblah) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the s ...

. But if the child positions itself that way, it is not obligatory to divert it.

References

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