[3] To avoid over-complicating the text...

[3] To avoid over-complicating the text, and given that ‘al‑iḥtiyāṭ al‑wājib’ and ‘al‑iḥtiyāṭ al‑lāzim’ refer to the same thing, both terms have been translated in the present work as ‘obligatory precaution’. [4] In the terminology of Islamic jurisprudence, acting on the fatwa of the next most learned mujtahid when one’s marjaʿ has stated that a ruling is based on obligatory precaution is known as ‘rujūʿ’. [5] A quantity of water greater or equal to approximately 384 litres.…