clear and unclear mention of reason (الصَّرِيحُ فِي التَّعْلِيل وَغَيْر الصَّرِيح)

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التعريف :

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Clear is what gives the reason clearly using words like ‘so that, for, in order to, for the purpose of, for the following reason, etc.’ The unclear is what is ambiguous so as to be understood as either a reason or something else, such as stating a condition, or giving a sequence, as when someone says: ‘he made a mistake in prayer, so he added two prostrations for compensation’. al-Ghazālī calls the unclear ‘a pointer or alerter to the reason’.