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and others are qualified by a particular description or by some legally recognized restriction; hence the unrestricted text is interpreted in the light of the restricted one. Another category comprises the concise and the explicit: whenever the Lawgiver leaves a matter concise in one place but elaborates and clarifies it in another, it is obligatory to refer to that clarification.
ومقيد بوصف أو قيد معتبر.
فيحمل المطلق على المقيد.
ومنها مجمل ومبين،
فما أجمله الشارع في موضع بينه ووضحه في موضع آخر، وجب الرجوع فيه إلى بيان الشارع.