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 "id": "concept/ansab",
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 "slug": "ansab",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الأنصاب",
  "en": "Ansab (stone markers set up for worship, and the rulings on them)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الأنصاب جمع نصب، وهي حجارة كانت حول الكعبة تنصب فيُهَلّ لها ويذبح عليها لغير الله، وقيل كل ما عُبد من دون الله. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502} والفرق بينها وبين الأصنام أن الأصنام مصورة منقوشة، والأنصاب حجارة منصوبة، وعلى رأي آخر الأنصاب والأوثان سواء في عدم التصوير. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503} وأنصاب الحرم علامات لبيان حدوده لا تقديس فيها. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503} وصنع الأصنام وبيعها واقتناؤها محرم، وصنع الصور المجسدة لإنسان أو حيوان حرام باتفاق الفقهاء، والأجرة عليها لا تجوز. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}",
  "en": "Ansab is the plural of nasb, stones set up around the Ka'ba, at which the pilgrims called out and upon which offerings were slaughtered for other than God; some say it means anything worshipped apart from God. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502} Idols differ from ansab in that idols are carved and painted while ansab are stones set up; on another view ansab and awthan are alike in being unshaped. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503} The markers of the sanctuary mark its bounds and carry no sanctity. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503} Making, selling and keeping idols is forbidden, and the jurists agree that making a shaped image of a human or animal is forbidden, and that a fee for it is not allowed. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}"
 },
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  "ideas"
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 "regions": [
  "global"
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 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
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 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "creed"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "doctrine",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya (Noor copy), headword «أنصاب», pp.3502-3504 of the scan. Qur'an verses are referred to by sura and aya only and hadith are paraphrased; the sanctuary markers and the ban on images are summarised at the level of ruling.",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w02-9"
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  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1
  }
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "التعريف",
     "markdown": "الأنصاب جمع نصب، وهي حجارة كانت حول الكعبة تُنصب، يُهلّ لها ويُذبح عليها لغير الله. وقيل: هي كل ما عُبد من دون الله. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الألفاظ ذات الصلة",
     "markdown": "- الأصنام: جمع صنم، وهو الوثن المتخذ من حجارة أو خشب أو فضة أو نحاس، وقيل ما كان على صورة حيوان. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}\n- الفرق: الأصنام مصورة منقوشة، والأنصاب حجارة منصوبة. وعلى رأي آخر الأنصاب والأوثان سواء في أنها غير مصورة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}\n- التماثيل: جمع تمثال، وهو الصورة من حجر أو غيره، عُبدت أو لم تُعبد. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "أنصاب الحرم",
     "markdown": "علامات الحرم أنصاب مبنية في جوانبه لبيان حدوده، لا تقديس فيها ولا عبادة، بخلاف أنصاب الكفار. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حكم الذبح عليها وصنعها وبيعها",
     "markdown": "- الذبح على الأنصاب من عادات الجاهلية، وقد بيّن القرآن تحريم ما ذُبح على النصب (سورة المائدة، الآية 3). {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}\n- صنع الصور المجسدة لإنسان أو حيوان حرام باتفاق الفقهاء، والأجرة عليها لا تجوز. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}\n- بيع الأصنام محرم، واقتناؤها محرم، لما في الحديث الصحيح من تحريم بيعها. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/ansab",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Definition",
     "markdown": "Ansab is the plural of nasb: stones set up around the Ka'ba, at which the pilgrims called out and on which offerings were slaughtered for other than God. Some say it is anything worshipped apart from God. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Related terms",
     "markdown": "- Asnam (idols): carved or shaped images, or stones, wood, silver or bronze, and on another view images of animals. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}\n- The difference: idols are carved and painted, while ansab are standing stones. On another view ansab and awthan are alike in being unshaped. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}\n- Tamathil (images): shaped likenesses in stone or other material, whether worshipped or not. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Sanctuary markers",
     "markdown": "The markers of the sanctuary (haram) are standing stones set up on its sides to show its bounds; they carry no sanctity or worship, unlike the stones of the unbelievers. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Rulings on slaughter, making and sale",
     "markdown": "- Slaughter on ansab was a practice of the pre-Islamic period, and the Qur'an declares what is slaughtered on the nasb forbidden (sura al-Ma'ida, 5:3). {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}\n- The jurists agree that making a shaped image of a human or animal is forbidden, and that a fee for making it is not allowed. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}\n- Selling and keeping idols is forbidden, as the sound hadith on forbidding their sale shows. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/ansab",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "تعریف",
     "markdown": "انصاب نصب کی جمع ہیں، یعنی وہ پتھر جو کعبہ کے گرد نصب تھے اور جن پر غیر اللہ کے لیے ذبح کیا جاتا تھا۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3502}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "- انصاب پر ذبح کرنا حرام ہے، اور اسی طرح بت بنانا، بیچنا اور رکھنا حرام ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3503}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}\n- جاندار کی شبیہ بنانا فقہاء کے اتفاق سے حرام ہے، اور اس کی اجرت جائز نہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3504}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/ansab",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
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 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
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 "related": [
  "concept/ahl-al-qibla",
  "concept/akhira",
  "concept/akhirat-al-zaman",
  "concept/al-aql-wal-qalb",
  "concept/al-arsh",
  "concept/al-din-al-qayyim",
  "concept/al-ghayb-al-mutlaq",
  "concept/al-kun-fa-yakun"
 ],
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
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