Haqin (one who holds back urine)

الحاقن

A haqin is a person holding back urine, a haqib one holding back faeces and a hazeq one holding back wind. Most jurists consider prayer while in this state disliked; the Hanafis treat it as forbidden and say the prayer must be broken unless the time is about to pass. A judge or mufti in this state is disliked to rule or give an opinion, and a judgment given correctly still stands, while the Hanbali preferred view forbids it. 1 2 3

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A haqin holds back urine, a haqib holds back faeces and a hazeq holds back wind. 1

Ruling on prayer

Prayer in this state is disliked by the Malikis, Shafiis and Hanbalis, as a matter of discouragement; the Hanafis treat it as forbidden and say the prayer must be broken unless the time is about to pass. 2

Judging and giving opinions

A judge or mufti in this state is disliked to rule or give an opinion. A judgment given correctly still stands. 3

People and things also explored

The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6724
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6725
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6726
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The ruling on one who abandons prayer

Al-Sallabi quotes Ali: whoever does not pray is an unbeliever. He then reports from al-Nawawi the dispute over one who neglects prayer while believing it obligatory: the majority (Malik, al-Shafi'i) hold him a sinner to be asked to repent, others hold him an unbeliever, a view ascribed to Ali; Abu Hanifa and the Kufans hold him not an unbeliever but to be disciplined.