عمومِ مقتضیٰ

عُمُوم المُقْتَضَى

'Umum al-muqtada is the implied meaning that the truth or soundness of a speech requires, though it is not stated in the words; it must be supplied for the speech to be sound, and the text is applied only after it is supplied ¹. The Hanafis hold that an implied meaning has no generality, since generality belongs to words and the implied is not a word; the Shafi'is hold that it has generality and particularity ². On this the usulis built the rule of the report that God has removed error, forgetting and compulsion: the ruling removed is general, in the hereafter and in the sharia's legal ruling, so the compelled, the mistaken and the forgetful bear no legal liability; some Hanafis hold that the removal applies only in the hereafter ^{2 3}. It differs from 'umum al-majaz, which concerns the scope of the word, while 'umum al-muqtada concerns the supplied ruling ².