Jawaz (permissibility, and its wider sense in fiqh)

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Jawaz in the language is possibility and permission. In the technical sense of fiqh it is often used to mean permission, and at times in a wider sense that covers the obligatory, the recommended and the disliked, depending on the context. The encyclopedia notes that when a contract is considered binding, its harms are weighed, as in the reward for a task, the bequest and the profit-sharing partnership. 1 2 3

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Jawaz in the language is possibility and permission; in fiqh it often means permission, and at times a wider sense that covers the obligatory and the recommended, depending on context. 1 2

Whether a contract is binding

When a contract is considered binding, its harms are weighed, as in the reward for a task, the bequest and the profit-sharing partnership. 3

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6685
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6686
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6687
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islam.museum contributors. “Jawaz (permissibility, and its wider sense in fiqh)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/jawaz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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