Question: Some of the scholars of Baghdad \u2013 namely Ab\u016b al-Q\u0101sim al-Bal\u1e2b\u012b and those who agreed with him \u2013 and some of the Im\u0101miyyah, and some jurists of the four (schools), said: \u201cAn act is only evil by virtue of itself,\u201d that is, by its very essence and kind. They said: because the original ruling regarding unrestricted acts is prohibition. Im\u0101m Ya\u1e25y\u0101 ibn \u1e24amzah (Peace be upon him) interpreted their words, saying:
\n\u201cTheir statement does not escape three possible meanings:
\n1. Either they intend by that that the ugliness of an ugly act does not change according to the state of the doer \u2013 contrary to what these Ash\u02bfar\u012bs say \u2013 and this we do not deny.
\n2. Or what they mean is that the ugliness of what is ugly is due to a matter particular to it and to an aspect under which it occurs, without the factor producing that ugliness being something external to its essence, such as the agent or a cause \u2013 and this is good; we do not deny it.
\n3. Or what they mean is that ugliness is ascribed to the ugly thing \u2013 that is, to the very essence of the act \u2013 and this is invalid; for two things that are alike may be such that one of them is ugly and the other beautiful. And it is of the nature of what is firmly attached to an essence that things which are alike do not differ regarding it. Two different things may share in these rulings, so it would follow that they must be identical; thus, ascribing these rulings to the essence is invalid.\u201d End quote.<\/p>\n
The question: What is the meaning of the statement of some of the scholars of Baghdad and those who agreed with them, with an example? And what is the meaning of the three possible interpretations mentioned by Im\u0101m Ya\u1e25y\u0101 (Peace be upon him), with examples?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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