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Ethics and characterSlavery and freedom
Summary
Tarsim is narrowing a person's freedom and limiting his movement. Testimony to the confession of one who is imprisoned or under tarsim is not accepted, since coercion is presumed. 1
Definition
In the language, tarsim is from rasm, which means a mark, and is used figuratively for ordering a thing. In the jurists' usage it is narrowing a person and limiting his movement so that he cannot go from one place to another. 1
Ruling
Testimony to the confession of one who is imprisoned or under tarsim is not accepted, since the signs of coercion are present, and his confession of a right that carries a penalty is not valid. The work on the Hanbali text says that a claim of coercion into a confession is accepted where a sign shows it, such as a threat the threatener can carry out, restraint, imprisonment or the taking of property. 1
People and things also explored
Hujna (hybridness, in the fiqh sense: spoils shares and speech)· Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)· Ada' al-shahada (performing testimony: the duty on request, the excused witness, and the wording)· Manners of the Qur'an bearer· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Adha (harm of a slight kind: removing harmful things and the duty not to harm)· Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.4963
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islam.museum contributors. “Tarsim (restriction of a person's movement)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/tarsim-restriction-of-movement/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.