How to distinguish between specific cases upon which legal rulings are based and other matters.
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The questioner : The rule states that specific cases are not the basis for legal rulings, and many verses and hadiths had specific cases as their cause. So how do we distinguish between specific cases upon which rulings are based and other matters?
The Shaykh : This is a mistake. Specific cases do not have generality, meaning their generality is not taken into account, because they may have specific causes that are not known. As for the cause, the criterion is the generality of the wording, not the specificity of the cause. For example, a verse may be revealed for a specific cause, but the criterion is the generality of its wording, and the image of the cause is definitively included. However, if, for example, one of these actions occurs, which they call specific cases, and it contradicts, for example, a general text or something similar, it is said that this has no generality.
The Shaykh : This is a mistake. Specific cases do not have generality, meaning their generality is not taken into account, because they may have specific causes that are not known. As for the cause, the criterion is the generality of the wording, not the specificity of the cause. For example, a verse may be revealed for a specific cause, but the criterion is the generality of its wording, and the image of the cause is definitively included. However, if, for example, one of these actions occurs, which they call specific cases, and it contradicts, for example, a general text or something similar, it is said that this has no generality.