Definition: Wujoob - Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan

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Definition: Wujoob - Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan

Postby Shehzad Sattar » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:23 am

Definition: Wujoob - Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan
Sharh Usoolith Thalaathah of Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan, page 30

Translator Abu Talhah Dawood Burbank – transcript taken from http://www.ittibaa.com where audios are also available

Meaning:
That which a person who does it rewarded and one who abandons it is punished.

Explanation:

Al-Wujoob, (obligation) is well known with the scholars of Usool-ul-Fiqh and the obligation is that which is essential, and it has been defined by the scholars of usool as being that which a person who does it rewarded and one who abandons it is punished.

And in origin al-Wujoob in the language is firmness and establishment, so it is said wajaba such and such, meaning it is something firm and established. He the Most High said with regard to al-Budn (large sacrificial animals which are sacrificed on Hajj such as camels and cows):
    When their sides wajabat …

Soorah Hajj [22]: aayah 36

Meaning, when they fall upon the earth and their death is established after they have been slaughtered
    … then eat from them and feed (others).

Soorah Hajj [22]: aayah 36
The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Make things easy and do not make things difficult. Give glad tidings and do not repel people..”

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