{
 "id": "concept/hajah",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "hajah",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الحاجة",
  "en": "Need (hajah) in fiqh",
  "ur": "حاجت"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الحاجة في اللغة الافتقار، وفي الاصطلاح ما يفتقر إليه الناس لرفع الضيق المؤدي إلى الحرج. تراعيها الشريعة في العبادات والعادات والمعاملات والجنايات، فتُرخص للمريض والمسافر، وتبيح ما لا يباح عند عدمها كبيع العرايا، وتعرض الموسوعة الخلاف في اعتبارها دليلا مستقلا. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6706} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6707} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6708} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6709} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6716}",
  "en": "Hajah in the language is want; as a technical term it is what people need to remove a hardship that would otherwise lead to constriction. The law takes need into account in worship, custom, dealings and offences: it relaxes rules for the sick and the traveller and permits what would not be allowed without need, such as the sale of fresh dates for dried dates on the tree (the ariya). The schools differ on whether need is an independent basis for a ruling. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6706} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6707} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6708} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6709} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6716}",
  "ur": "حاجت لغت میں محتاجی ہے، اور اصطلاح میں وہ ضرورت جس سے تنگی دور ہو۔ شریعت عبادات، عادات اور معاملات میں اس کا لحاظ کرتی ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6706} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6709} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6716}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "tradition-versus-culture"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «الحاجة»، ص 6706-6721 من المسح",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w04-batch-7"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 0,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; summary of scan pp.6706-6721 read at summary level. Next headword حارصة (p.6722, a short entry). Footnotes not checked."
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الحاجة في اللغة الافتقار، وفي الاصطلاح ما يفتقر إليه الناس لرفع الضيق المؤدي إلى الحرج. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6706}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مواضع مراعاتها",
     "markdown": "تراعى الحاجة في العبادات كالرخص للمريض والمسافر، وفي العادات والمعاملات والجنايات. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6709}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "أمثلة",
     "markdown": "تبيح الحاجة ما لا يباح عند عدمها، كبيع العرايا وهو بيع الرطب بالتمر على رؤوس النخل، وتبيح ضبب الإناء بالفضة لمن يحتاجه. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6710} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6716}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الاجتهاد بالحاجة",
     "markdown": "تعرض الموسوعة الخلاف في جعل الحاجة دليلا مستقلا عن النص. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6707} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6708}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/hajah",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Hajah in the language is want; as a technical term it is what people need to remove a hardship. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6706}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Where need counts",
     "markdown": "Need is taken into account in worship, such as the relaxed rules for the sick and the traveller, and in custom, dealings and offences. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6709}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Examples",
     "markdown": "Need permits what would not be allowed without it, such as the ariya sale of fresh dates for dried dates on the tree, and silver plating on a vessel for one who needs it. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6710} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6716}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Need as a basis",
     "markdown": "The schools differ on whether need is a basis of its own, apart from the text. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6707} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6708}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/hajah",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5, draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "حاجت لغت میں محتاجی ہے، اور اصطلاح میں وہ ضرورت جس سے تنگی دور ہو۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6706}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کہاں حاجت کا لحاظ ہے",
     "markdown": "عبادات میں مریض اور مسافر کی رخصت، اور عادات، معاملات اور جنایات میں حاجت کا لحاظ کیا جاتا ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6709}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مثالیں",
     "markdown": "حاجت کی وجہ سے وہ چیز مباح ہو جاتی ہے جو اس کے بغیر مباح نہیں، جیسے بیع عرایا۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6716}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/hajah",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5, draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/abjad-kings-etymology",
  "concept/al-ghazw-al-fikri",
  "concept/al-idara-al-islamiyya",
  "concept/al-ilam-wal-mas-uliyya",
  "concept/anwa",
  "concept/asma-al-ayyam-wal-shuhur-jahiliyya",
  "concept/ayyam-al-nuhsat",
  "concept/azlam"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}