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 "id": "concept/jahl",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "jahl",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الجهل",
  "en": "Jahl (ignorance and its legal effect)",
  "ur": "جہل"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الجهل في الفقه عدم العلم بالشيء، وتفرق الموسوعة بينه وبين النسيان. وتبيّن أن الجهل بالتحريم يسقط الإثم والحكم في الظاهر لمن قرب عهده بالإسلام ونحوه، وأنه لا يعذر من علم التحريم وجهل ما يترتب عليه، وتعرض أثره في الصلاة إذا جهل الوقت أو الفاتحة، وفي الصوم إذا اشتبه رمضان، وفي الطلاق والكفر. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6657} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6660} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6661} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6663} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6664} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6665}",
  "en": "Jahl in fiqh is lack of knowledge of a thing; the encyclopedia distinguishes it from forgetfulness. Ignorance of a prohibition removes sin and the ruling in outward terms for someone who has recently become Muslim or is similar, but someone who knows a thing is forbidden is not excused for not knowing its consequences. Its effect is discussed for the prayer when the time or the opening chapter is unknown, for fasting when Ramadan is uncertain, and for divorce and unbelief, where the offender is excused only in certain cases. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6657} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6660} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6661} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6663} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6664} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6665}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "scripture-and-its-sciences"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «جهل»، ص 6657-6666 من المسح",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w04-batch-6"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 0,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; summary of scan pp.6657-6666 read at summary level (sampled). The next headword جهة (p.6667) was mined in batch 5; the next one after جهل is جوار at p.6676. Footnotes not checked."
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الجهل عدم العلم بالشيء، وتفرّق الموسوعة بينه وبين النسيان. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6657}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الجهل بالتحريم",
     "markdown": "الجهل بالتحريم يسقط الإثم والحكم في الظاهر لمن قرب عهده بالإسلام ونحوه، ولا يعذر من علم التحريم وجهل ما يترتب عليه. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6660} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6661}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "أثره في العبادات والطلاق",
     "markdown": "يُنظر في أثره في الصلاة إذا جُهل الوقت أو الفاتحة، وفي الصوم إذا اشتبه رمضان، وفي الطلاق بالألفاظ المجهولة المعنى. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6662} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6663} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6664} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6665}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/jahl",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Jahl in fiqh is lack of knowledge of a thing; the encyclopedia distinguishes it from forgetfulness. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6657}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ignorance of a prohibition",
     "markdown": "Ignorance of a prohibition removes sin and the ruling in outward terms for someone who has recently become Muslim or is similar. Someone who knows a thing is forbidden is not excused for not knowing its consequences. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6660} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6661}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its effect on worship and divorce",
     "markdown": "The encyclopedia discusses the prayer when the time or the opening chapter is unknown, fasting when Ramadan is uncertain, and a divorce pronounced in words the speaker does not understand, which does not take effect. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6662} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6663} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6664} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6665}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/jahl",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5, draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "جہل کسی چیز کے علم نہ ہونے کو کہتے ہیں، اور انسائیکلوپیڈیا اسے نسیان سے الگ کرتا ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6657}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حرمت سے جہل",
     "markdown": "حرمت کا جہل نئے مسلمان وغیرہ کے لیے گناہ اور ظاہری حکم کو ساقط کرتا ہے، مگر جو حرمت جانتا ہو اور اس کے نتائج سے ناواقف ہو وہ معذور نہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6660} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.6661}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/jahl",
    "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/al-ahruf-al-sabaa",
  "concept/al-hadith-al-nabawi",
  "concept/al-shamail-al-muhammadiyya",
  "concept/al-sira-al-nabawiyya",
  "concept/al-sunna-al-nabawiyya",
  "concept/amr-nahy",
  "concept/bayan-al-sunna-lil-quran",
  "concept/bida"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}