{
 "id": "concept/iltimas",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "iltimas",
 "label": {
  "ar": "التماس",
  "en": "Iltimas (seeking, as in looking for the moon or water)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الالتماس لغة الطلب، واصطلاحا الطلب مع التساوي بين الآمر والمأمور. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314} وقد يكون مطلوبا، كالتماس رؤية هلال رمضان، وهو واجب عند الحنفية ومندوب عند الجمهور، والتماس الماء قبل التيمم، والتماس ليلة القدر، وقد يكون ممنوعا إذا كان الملتمس محرما. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}",
  "en": "Iltimas is seeking, in the lexical sense, and in the technical sense a request between equals. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314} It may be asked for, as seeking the crescent of Ramadan, which is obligatory for the Hanafis and recommended for most jurists; seeking water before tayammum; and seeking the Night of Power. It is forbidden when the thing sought is forbidden. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "worship-and-the-pillars"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya (Noor copy), headword «التماس», p.3314 of the scan (ends where «ألثغ» begins on p.3315). Footnote citations omitted.",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w02-9"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "التعريف",
     "markdown": "الالتماس لغة الطلب، والتلمُّس التطلب مرة بعد أخرى. واصطلاحا: الطلب مع التساوي بين الآمر والمأمور. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحكم الإجمالي",
     "markdown": "- المطلوب: كالتماس رؤية هلال رمضان، وهو واجب عند الحنفية ومندوب عند جمهور الفقهاء. والتماس الماء قبل التيمم واجب. والتماس ليلة القدر في قيام الليل مستحب. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}\n- الممنوع: إذا كان الشيء الملتمس قد حرمه الشرع، كالتماس الخمر وبقية المحظورات. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/iltimas",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Definition",
     "markdown": "Iltimas is seeking in the lexical sense; its frequentative form means seeking again and again. In the technical sense it is a request between equals, where the one who asks and the one asked are on the same footing. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ruling",
     "markdown": "- Asked for: such as seeking the crescent of Ramadan, which is obligatory for the Hanafis and recommended for most jurists; seeking water before tayammum, which is obligatory; and seeking the Night of Power in night prayer, which is recommended. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}\n- Forbidden: when the thing sought is forbidden by the Law, such as seeking wine or any other prohibited thing. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/iltimas",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "تعریف",
     "markdown": "التماس لغت میں طلب کرنا ہے؛ اصطلاح میں برابری کی سطح پر طلب۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "رمضان کا چاند تلاش کرنا حنفیہ کے نزدیک واجب اور جمہور کے نزدیک مستحب ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314} حرام چیز کی تلاش ممنوع ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3314}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/iltimas",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/abandoning-prayer-takfir",
  "concept/ada",
  "concept/adhan-fiqh",
  "concept/adhm",
  "concept/adornment-of-desires",
  "concept/ahl-al-suffa",
  "concept/al-ard-masjid-wa-tahur",
  "concept/al-infaq-fi-sabil-allah"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}