primary facts (الأَوَّلِيَّات)
العقيدة أصول الفقه
التعريف :
Purely rational questions that reason naturally accepts, without recourse to the senses or imagination.
المعنى الاصطلاحي :
Issues and premises that develop in one's mind without any reason that necessitates acknowledging them.
الشرح المختصر :
"Awwaliyyaat" are certain, necessary premises. They are known to be the primary principles. OR they are issues that can be easily conceived and decided on. OR they are the self-evident matters that humans know by nature, such as the fire being hot. OR they are obvious ideas and issues that impose themselves on the intellect. They do not require speculation or acquisition through tuition or experience.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر :
"Awwaliyyaat" (sing. awwali): the beginning of something.