Ikhraj (removal or expulsion, and the act of paying out)

Ikhraj means, in the lexicon, pushing out from within, and also removal or banishment; the jurists use it in the same sense. ¹

The jurists distinguish ikhraj from takharruj, which they confine to the heirs' agreement to exclude one of them from the inheritance for a known sum from the estate. ¹

The jurists judge the removal of each thing by its kind. A standing person leaves a house by his feet, according to some, or by one foot if he leans on it; a seated person by his legs and body; a reclining person by most of his body. ¹ Leaving a city is by passing its built-up area on foot; leaving an inhabited house is by the occupant's own departure with his goods and dependants. ¹ Paying zakat and expiations is, for some, by transferring the sum to the poor, so that if it is lost it must be paid again; for others it is by setting it aside without transfer, so that if it is lost after being set aside, without fault, the payer is not required to pay again. ¹ Removing stolen goods from a store counts, for the Hanafis, only when the goods are carried out openly; others do not require this, and the thief is cut by them but not by the Hanafis if the goods were not openly removed. ¹ Unlike the Hanafis, most jurists attribute a removal to the one who began it, even if it is broken off later: one who takes goods out of a store, throws them away, then picks them up is cut. ²

The ruling is not one. Removal is obligatory in zakat and expiations, in expelling one who deserves a hadd from the mosque to carry it out, and in removing those who work at trades in the mosque. It is forbidden in expelling a woman in her waiting period from her house without right, and in taking goods out of a store with intent to steal. ²