Explanation of the rule: A general term cannot be intended to refer to rare or infrequent cases.

The Shaykh : This rule is very useful. It is that a general term cannot be intended to refer to what? Rare or infrequent cases. This is useful.
An example of this in Islamic jurisprudence is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Some scholars said that if a person dies with a vowed fast remaining, his guardian fasts on his behalf, but if it is an obligatory fast, it is not made up. This is an error. Which is more common: a person dying with an obligatory fast remaining, or a vowed fast remaining? The former. So how can the hadith be applied to a rare or infrequent case? For this reason, the correct opinion, of which there is no doubt, is that if a person dies with making up fasts from Ramadan remaining, it is fasted on his behalf. This rule mentioned by the Shaykh applies to the case we mentioned. Yes.