Abstract
General and specific utterances are considered one of the important topics among the scholars of “Principles of jurisprudence” through the worship of the legally competent Muslims and their treatment of each other, since most religious texts and “Sunnah” involve general rules, commands, orders, and the absolute and restricted utterances. The study aimed at identifying general utterance linguistically and as a term besides its types and generalization utterances; in addition to specialization and its types supported by two kinds of evidence. The study also aimed at recognizing the special utterances through defining the imperative, warning off, the absolute and the restricted utterances and their phrasing and reference in addition to the phrasing and the rule of 'Nahi' and its effect on sayings and actions in worship and treatment. The study also aimed at defining 'mutlaq' and 'muqayad', and their rules and when the absolute utterance involves a restricted one. This study helps the legally competent Muslim to know his worship and treatment of his Muslim brothers. Among the findings reached by the study are: a general utterance involves all individuals; it to keeps it general meaning unless it is specified by evidence whether it is directly or indirectly attached meaning indirectly