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Summary
Ijza' in the lexicon means sufficiency and being enough. In law it is an act's being enough to meet what is required, even without anything added to it. 1
Difference from permissibility and lawfulness
Permissibility (jawaz) means that nothing forbids the act. Sufficiency is achieved by performing what is required, even without extra. Lawfulness (hill) is sufficiency free of every blemish; sufficiency can occur with blemishes, so a disliked act can still be sufficient, while lawfulness in some uses does not admit dislike. 1
In acts of worship
In the Hanbali view an act suffices when it has all its conditions, pillars and obligations, so ablution is sufficient with its obligatory parts without its sunnas and recommended acts. 2 For purification, water of any of the seven kinds suffices, and by the majority view it suffices even when the water belongs to another. 2 The details are in the chapters on ablution and purification. 2
People and things also explored
Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.1594
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.1595
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islam.museum contributors. “Sufficiency of an act (ijza')”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/ijza/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.