– What condition must be satisfied before a word may be interpreted figuratively, and what condition must be fulfilled before it may actually be used in that figurative sense?

9 – What is the difference between majāz mursal (metonymic figurative usage) and majāz ʿaqlī (rational figurative usage)? Give an example that makes the distinction clear.
– Why are literal and figurative usage discussed in the discipline of uṣūl al-fiqh?

Commands
10 – Define an amr (command), noting the elements your definition purposely excludes.
– What are the verbal forms that denote a command? Cite examples. Can the request to perform an act be understood without those forms?
– What does the bare imperative form imply when left unqualified, and what evidence establishes that implication? State the proof and show how it applies.
– Are there cases that fall outside that rule? Explain, adducing evidence.

11 – When carrying out the commanded act depends on another matter, what ruling applies to that prerequisite? Provide an example.

Prohibitions
12 – Define nahy (prohibition), indicate the points your definition safeguards, and state whether a prohibition can be conveyed without its explicit verbal form; if so, by what means? What does the bare form of prohibition imply?

13 – State the school’s governing principle concerning the prohibited act. Does a prohibition ever signify less than outright forbiddance? Illustrate.

Those Addressed by Command and Prohibition
14 – Who qualifies as legally responsible (mukallaf)? Is a non-Muslim subject to the divine charge, and if he performs the commanded act, is it valid from him? Cite the evidence.
– Must he make up what he missed while in unbelief? Provide the proof.