Among the forms that fall under the category of unrestricted public interest and are not among the newly introduced innovations.
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The Shaykh : As for this—and this is the conclusion of the discussion on unrestricted public interest—: "If the factor necessitating a new system and a new means that was not customary in the time of the Prophet exists, and its cause is not the Muslims' neglect of some of the rulings of the religion that we mentioned, then as long as this public interest achieves a legitimate objective that does not contradict the Shari'ah in any way, it is permissible to adopt this means, and this is what falls under the category of unrestricted public interest".
An example of this is in the previous example: if we assume that the state fulfilled its obligation to collect funds through lawful means, such as zakah, bequests, endowments, and the like, and then an unexpected event occurred, or an enemy attacked the lands of the Muslims, and those in charge of the Muslim treasury found that these funds, which were collected through lawful means, were not sufficient to repel this attacking enemy, then in this case, it is permissible for the Muslim ruler to impose new taxes to repel that enemy from the lands of the Muslims. Once the enemy is repelled, these taxes are lifted because they were temporary, intended to repel that attacking enemy.
Once we understand this detail regarding unrestricted public interest, we then know how to distinguish between the innovation of misguidance and the newly introduced matter that is permissible to adopt, with the extreme precision that you have learned from the words of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
An example of this is in the previous example: if we assume that the state fulfilled its obligation to collect funds through lawful means, such as zakah, bequests, endowments, and the like, and then an unexpected event occurred, or an enemy attacked the lands of the Muslims, and those in charge of the Muslim treasury found that these funds, which were collected through lawful means, were not sufficient to repel this attacking enemy, then in this case, it is permissible for the Muslim ruler to impose new taxes to repel that enemy from the lands of the Muslims. Once the enemy is repelled, these taxes are lifted because they were temporary, intended to repel that attacking enemy.
Once we understand this detail regarding unrestricted public interest, we then know how to distinguish between the innovation of misguidance and the newly introduced matter that is permissible to adopt, with the extreme precision that you have learned from the words of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).