He also said:

Section: “A Principle of Islamic Law”

The fact that Allah and His Messenger prescribe an act in general and unrestricted terms does not entail that it is prescribed in a particular, restricted form. General and unrestricted wording does not indicate the particular features or restrictions pertaining to some of the instances it encompasses. It therefore does not entail that such specification or restriction is prescribed or commanded. If the evidence indicates that such specification or restriction is disliked, it is disliked; if it indicates that it is recommended, it is recommended. Otherwise, it remains neither recommended nor disliked.

An example of this is that Allah has prescribed supplication to Him and remembrance of Him in unrestricted, general terms. He says:

“Remember Allah with much remembrance.”

And He says:

“Call upon your Lord humbly and privately.”

There are other texts to the same effect. Thus, gathering for supplication and remembrance in a particular place or at a particular time—or the act of gathering for that purpose—is a restriction upon remembrance and supplication. The general, unrestricted indication of these texts does not establish that particular specification or restriction, although it does encompass the practice insofar as it shares the common underlying act. If the evidence of Islamic law indicates that this is recommended, as with remembrance