{
 "id": "concept/imtina",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "imtina",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الامتناع",
  "en": "Imtina' (abstaining from an act)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الامتناع لغة الكف عن الشيء، أو التقوي بالقوم والعز، وهو في الاصطلاح لا يخرج عن هذين المعنيين. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379} وامتناع الإنسان عن الفعل المحرم واجب، وعن الواجب حرام، وعن المندوب مكروه، وعن المكروه مندوب، وعن المباح مباح. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3380}",
  "en": "Imtina' in the lexical sense is refraining from a thing, or being strong and protected by one's people; the technical sense keeps these two. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379} Refraining from what is forbidden is obligatory; refraining from what is obligatory is forbidden; refraining from what is recommended is disliked; refraining from what is disliked is recommended; refraining from what is lawful is lawful. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3380}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "ethics-and-character"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "ethical",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya (Noor copy), headword «امتناع», pp.3379-3380 of the scan (ends where «امتهان» begins on p.3380). 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": "الامتناع لغة الكف عن الشيء، ويقال: امتنع بقومه أي تقوى بهم وعز فلم يقدر عليه. والامتناع في الاصطلاح لا يخرج عن هذين المعنيين. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحكم الإجمالي",
     "markdown": "- امتناع المكلف عن الفعل المحرم واجب، كالامتناع عن الزنى وشرب الخمر، وامتناع الحائض عن الصلاة ومس المصحف. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- الامتناع عن الواجب حرام، كامتناع غير المعذور عن الصلاة والصوم والحج، والامتناع عن إنقاذ المشرف على الهلاك. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- الامتناع عن المندوب مكروه، كامتناع المريض عن التداوي مع قدرته، والامتناع عن المكروه مندوب. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- الامتناع عن المباح مباح، كامتناع المرأة عن الدخول حتى تقبض مقدم المهر، وامتناع البائع عن تسليم المبيع حتى يقبض الثمن. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3380}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/imtina",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Definition",
     "markdown": "Imtina' in the lexical sense is refraining from a thing; one may also say of a man that he was strong with his people and could not be overcome. Both senses are kept in the technical use. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ruling",
     "markdown": "- Refraining from what is forbidden is obligatory: refraining from fornication or wine, and a menstruating woman's refraining from prayer and from touching the Qur'an. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- Refraining from what is obligatory is forbidden: a fit person who refuses prayer, fasting or pilgrimage, and one who refuses to save a person about to die when he can. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- Refraining from what is recommended is disliked, such as a sick man who refuses treatment when he can take it; refraining from what is disliked is recommended. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- Refraining from what is lawful is lawful, such as a woman refusing to enter until her prompt dower is paid, or a seller refusing delivery until he is paid. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3380}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/imtina",
    "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": "امتناع لغت میں کسی چیز سے رکنے کو کہتے ہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "حرام کام سے رکنا واجب، واجب کام سے رکنا حرام، مستحب سے رکنا مکروہ، مکروہ سے رکنا مستحب، اور مباح سے رکنا مباح ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3380}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/imtina",
    "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/ada-al-dayn",
  "concept/ada-al-shahada",
  "concept/adab-hamil-al-quran",
  "concept/add",
  "concept/adha-fiqh",
  "concept/adl-wal-fadl",
  "concept/afw",
  "concept/ahd"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}