Connection (ittisal)

Ittisal means non-separation in the lexicon, the opposite of separation. Jurists use it of physical things, such as the rows of a congregation or increments attached to a sold object, and of meanings, such as the joining of offer and acceptance. ¹

Connection (ittisal) requires contact between two things; sequence (muwala) requires only that one follows the other without contact. ¹

Increments permanently attached to a principal thing generally share its ruling: they follow it in a sale and cannot be pledged separately. ¹ A detached word does not attach its meaning to the principal act, which is why exceptions, conditions, conditional clauses and the intention in allusive divorce must be joined to the words they qualify. ¹

Joining may be obligatory, as joining receipt to a contract in currency exchange; permitted, as joining the seeking of refuge with the basmala at the start of a recitation; or forbidden, as joining worship with what is not worship. Continuous fasting without a break is treated under fasting. ^{1 2}