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Intishar (spreading; erection, and spreading of a report)

الانتشار

Intishar in the lexical sense is spreading or extending. The jurists use it in two senses: the stiffening of the male member and the spreading of a thing. 1 The first matters for whether a triply divorced woman becomes lawful to her former husband after another marriage, and for compulsion to fornication; the second matters for proof of the new moon by a widely spread report. 12

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Definition

Intishar in the lexical sense is spreading; a report that spreads is "intashara", and the day that extends is "intashara". 1

Two senses in fiqh

  • The stiffening of the male member. 1
  • The spread of a thing, as the new moon is proven by a widely spread report. 2

Effects of the first sense

  • A triply divorced woman may be lawful again to her first husband only after a marriage and intercourse in which the member has stiffened, following the hadith of the wife of Rifa'a. 1
  • Whether compulsion to fornication carries the hadd penalty is disputed: the Hanbalis and some Malikis require it, the preferred Shafi'i view does not, since the stiffening may be natural and not willed. 2
  • Rulings on wudu, ghusl, fasting, looking at a stranger and marriage bars by nursing depend on it. 2

Difference

Istifada is used only of reports; intishar applies to reports and to other things. 1

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Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3436
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3437
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