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١٢٣ 123 likely, according to the apparent meaning of the verse, is that they are both to be washed. This is an example of a legislative statement found in an account of Prophetic Practice that is parallel to one in the Qurʾan. The examples of statements in this and in the previous topic are equivalent. By virtue of being expressed in the Qurʾan, the obligation is self-sufficient as far as scholars are concerned, but the two appear inconsistent to others. God’s Emissary established practices demonstrating that the major cleansing from substantive impurity included washing the genitalia, ablutions like the ablutions for prayer, and washing—and thus do we prefer that one do it. I know of no scholar whose opinions I have learned who dissents from the proposition that however one performs the major washing, as long as it is a complete washing, it will satisfy one’s legal obligation, even though those scholars might choose another way of doing it. This is because the obligation in this case is the major washing, and it was not defined as precisely as the ablutions. God’s Emissary instituted practices concerning what necessitates ablutions and what kind of ritual impurity requires a major washing, because some of that was not addressed in explicit texts in the Book. Obligations Established by Explicit Texts in Regard to Which Prophetic Practice Indicates That He Intended Something Restrictive God (blessed and exalted) said: «They ask you for a pronouncement. Say, “God pronounces for you concerning distant kin: If a man perishes and has no children, but he has a sister, she receives half of what he leaves. He inherits from her if she has no children.”»193 He also said: «Men have a share of what parents and kinsmen leave, and so, too, do women, whether it is little or much—a share laid down»194 and «To each of his parents one-sixth of what he leaves, if he has a child; but if he does not have a child and his heir is his 200 201 Obligations Indicated as Restrictive by Prophetic Practice ١٢٤ 124  j a9 : ~c "! # öï ‘ #   žŸ #   ¡¢f›œ   ´³    Z    "   x y P%Q  j aDEY“” ×6     j a ½KM   L  L  I1 F #23 4 L  Ì   é ™L DE C² i L #  F  L   LŽ L  Ò 2ªŽL#  L  Ì   F Z F 3uf F –7 R L  L  I1 F #23 4 L  Ì   F™ L DE L V L#  F  G I UV L WX L DE L DE é P%Q L  L DE F  L  C  F ‡ OˆL ¸C Só L¡ ŽL#  G I  Ö   é P%Q L  L DE F  L   LŽ L  Ò 2ªŽ L #  L Õ L W L  X C Só F¡‡ Oˆ L¸ F  p L W C    L# C ST F HI J˜ F   bV L#  LŽDE F WX C $&G I UV Lk l m n oC Só F¡ N 2OF # DE /– 78 L# L DE C Só F¡ N 2OF # DE ü  L žŸL£   C  L " C DE L#  ü  G IL ‘   x L“”DE F V £   L ´ LµÔ” L DE L $& C I J  L †  L 01 F => F $& F ´ R  C Só L¡ CŽ L #  C Só F¡‡ OˆF  à w [L DE C ! L#  L Õ L W L  X G I1 F¨K C 6“”L  bV C Só F¡‡ Oˆ L¸L DE㻌䘳 â I¼ï L ^‡ OˆL à w £ ufƒï L uf L›œ LŽ L  Ò 2ªL  L z{ R  LŽ L #  L  L z{ R  L L  01£   G I  Ԕ  bV L L  7  £ g  C¾K L MŸ {£   C  L " C DE L#  ü  L ͐L ‘ L   L IԔDE F V £   L ´ LµÔ” L DE L $& C I J  L †  L 01 L  C  N 2OLL    G I¼ïL ð, F 5  F † F  Wñ R F Só F¡‡ Oˆ L uf L  Ì   é P%Q L  L DE L  F g˜ L b  LŽ L  Ò 2ªŽL# / G I  Ö   é P%Q L  L DE L  F (Ɛ L ñ  C  F ‡ OˆL ¸ .g˜  Ùuf Ò 2ª  ZÄ8!DEì      x y ü  5 1 { F 5  F † F  Wñ R  L  F (Ɛ L ñ  L DE} äå   Ì  DE  pDE ² i #k l m n o DE ™DE ² i # k l m n o   01  ZÄ8!DEì         uTHI    6ïð, "! #  I¼ï ‘ #   [ z{ Ž #   ¡¢f›œ   ´³    Z    $&  Ì   I¼ï  ð, £–“” v w žŸ  Ñ7 Ò 22Ï  ô  õ s   I  Ԕ  bV  7       `ïË  01 5  6ã|  '¥ DE ù  KDE  ! #k l m n o DE   P%Q  DE  DE  p! I  Ö   #k l m n o DE P%Q  DE  DE !" defg¬ #   01 ŽžŸDE...

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