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الْفَصْلُThe chapterالثَّالِثُthird

The third chapter

فِيInبَقِيَّةِthe remainderلَطَائِفِof the subtletiesهَذَاof thisالْبَابِchapter

In the remainder of the subtleties of this chapter

اسْتِنْبَاطُDerivationالْأَحْكَامِof the rulingsوَأَقْسَامُهُand its divisionsالْعَشَرَةُten

Derivation of rulings and its ten divisions

وَمِمَّاAnd from whatيَبْقَىremainsمِنْofلَطَائِفِsubtletiesهَذَاthisالْبَابِchapter

And from what remains of the subtleties of this chapter

وَعُلُومِهِand its sciencesاسْتِنْبَاطُis the derivationالْأَحْكَامِof legal rulingsالشَّرْعِيَّةِshariaمِنَfromالْآيَاتِthe versesالْقُرْآنِيَّةِQuranic

and its sciences is the derivation of legal rulings from the Quranic verses

وَهُوَand it isمَوْضِعٌa placeوَاسِعُvastالْأَطْرَافِin aspects

and it is a vast field in its aspects

وَلِلْعَقْلِand for the intellectمَجَالٌis a fieldفَسِيحٌspaciousفِيinالِاطِّلَاعِdiscoveringعَلَىtheفَحَاوَىimplicationsالْآيَاتِof the verses

and the intellect has a spacious field in discovering the implications of the verses

وَإِيمَاءِاتِهَاand its allusionsوَاقْتِضَائِاتِهَاand its requirementsوَالِاخْتِلَافِand the disagreementفِيهَاin it

and its allusions, its requirements, and the disagreement concerning it

وَقَدْAnd indeedأَلْقَىwas castفِيintoرَوْعِيmy heartحَصْرُrestrictingأَنْوَاعِthe typesهَذِهِof theseالِاسْتِنْبَاطَاتِderivations

And it was cast into my heart to restrict the types of these derivations

فِيintoعَشَرَةِtenأَقْسَامٍcategoriesوَالتَّرْتِيبِand the arrangementفِيمَاamongبَيْنَهَاthem

into ten categories and the arrangement among them

وَأَرَىand I seeأَنَّهَاthat theyمِيزَانٌare a scaleعَادِلٌjustلِاخْتِبَارِfor testingكَثِيرٍmanyمِنَofالْأَحْكَامِthe rulingsالْمُسْتَنْبَطَةِderived

and I see that they are a just scale for testing many of the derived rulings

وَوَزْنِهَاand weighing themوَزْنًاwith a weighingصَحِيحًاcorrect

and weighing them correctly

التَّوجِيهُAl-Tawjih (Orientation)

Al-Tawjih (Orientation)

فَمِنْSo fromجُمْلَةِthe totalityهَذِهِof theseالْأَقْسَامِcategoriesالْعَشَرَةِtenالتَّوْجِيهُis Al-Tawjih

So from the totality of these ten categories is Al-Tawjih

وَهُوَand it isفَنٌّan artكَثِيرُhaving manyالشُّعَبِbranchesوَالْأَطْرَافِand aspects

and it is an art with many branches and aspects

وَيُعَالِجُهُand it is handledالشُّرَّاحُby the commentatorsفِيinشَرْحِexplainingالْمُتُونِthe texts

and it is handled by the commentators in explaining the texts

وَيُخْتَبَرُand is testedبِهِby itذَكَاؤُهُمْtheir intelligenceوَيَتَوَضَّحُand becomes clearبِهِthrough itتَبَايُنُthe varianceمَرَاتِبِهِمْof their ranksوَتَفَاوُتُand the disparityدَرَجَاتِهِمْof their degrees

and their intelligence is tested by it, and through it the variance of their ranks and the disparity of their degrees becomes clear

كَلَامُThe speechالصَّحَابَةِof the CompanionsفِيregardingالتَّوْجِيهِAl-Tawjih

The speech of the Companions regarding Al-Tawjih

وَقَدْAnd indeedتَحَدَّثَspokeالصَّحَابَةُthe Companionsرَضِيَmay Allah be pleasedاللَّهُwith themعَنْهُمْandبِالرَّغْمِdespiteمِنْthatأَنَّthe fact that

And indeed the Companions - may Allah be pleased with them - spoke despite the fact that