What is the difference between saying "this necessitates such and such" and "this entails such and such"?
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The questioner : What is the difference between ... and what it necessitates ...?
The Shaykh : Yes, the entailed (lazim) is what is necessitated. The meaning of "entailed" is that it must be, it must be. The meaning of "necessitated" is that it may be something else; that is, it may necessitate it, or it may not. So, if we say "this necessitates such and such" and it is certain, then it becomes entailed. And if it necessitates that, but we do not intend the entailed by it, then what is not entailed is permissible to be intended, but it is not fixed.
The Shaykh : Yes, the entailed (lazim) is what is necessitated. The meaning of "entailed" is that it must be, it must be. The meaning of "necessitated" is that it may be something else; that is, it may necessitate it, or it may not. So, if we say "this necessitates such and such" and it is certain, then it becomes entailed. And if it necessitates that, but we do not intend the entailed by it, then what is not entailed is permissible to be intended, but it is not fixed.