Darurah
*Darurah* is a state where a person fears death, or comparable harm to life or health, unless a forbidden act is done.
What it means for me: Everyday speech calls any hardship a darurah. In a fatwa the word is much narrower than that. If an answer says something is permitted 'for darurah', the ruling rests on a defined state, not on how frustrated you feel. What is allowed under darurah is measured against that state, and shrinks back once it passes.
Example: An answer about a medicine with a doubtful ingredient says this changes if the case reaches darurah. The reader learns the answer named a threshold, not their exact case. They still need to ask about their own situation.
Do not confuse with: *Hajah*, need. Darurah is fear for life or health; hajah is hardship that falls short of that fear.
If scholars differ: Some scholars hold darurah requires near-certain harm; others accept a strong likelihood of it. They also differ on how far darurah eases rulings in financial dealings. The difference is named here as a difference and not decided; the mufti is the reference.
See the term in context
Is everything mentioned in the Quran considered to be a matter known by necessity in the religion (ma'lum min ad-din bi ad-darurah)? And is saying that a person is excused by ignorance in a certain matter, then it becomes clear that it is a matter known by necessity in the religion, considered doubt in the disbelief of a disbeliever? And has the hijab ceased to be a matter known by necessity in the religion, meaning that one who considers uncovering the hair permissible might be excused by their ignorance despite its mention in the Quran?
What is known necessarily from the religion is that whose knowledge has spread among people. The mention of something in the Qur’an does not necessarily entail that it is known necessarily from the religion. Jurists…
Can something forbidden become permissible due to necessity, and what are the conditions for that?
Permitting the forbidden due to need (hajah) is correct. It differs from necessity (darurah) in that hajah is a hardship that afflicts a person by abandoning something, whereas darurah is harm that afflicts him due to…
I want to know the difference between "daruriyat" (necessities) and "hajiyat" (needs), along with the evidence.
Necessity is when a person reaches a point where, if they do not consume what is forbidden, they will perish or be close to perishing. As for need, it is the lack of something which, if available to a person, would…
Questions that use it
What is the difference between the optional time (al-waqt al-ikhtiyari) and the necessary time (al-waqt al-idhtirari) for prayer according to the Four Imams, and what is the most preponderant view on this?
Until what time is the 'Isha prayer accepted? And is it permissible to pray it before its time out of necessity?
How can Muslims in government jobs in communist countries balance between preserving wealth (daruriyyat) and covering the 'awrah (tahsiniyyat) when they conflict?