Arabic (رخصة) for a dispensation or permission or exemption as given by shari’a to Muslims in specific circumstances (e.g., illness, age, travel, force majeure, poverty, coercion, etc). This involves permitting a more relaxed application of shari’a rules and precepts due to a pressing need or necessity. In this sense, rokhsah is an exception to the general injunction or prohibition of an act.
Rokhsah (sing. of rokhas) might also be translated as tolerance or laxity or indulgence.
Rokhsah is usually classified as rokhsah mubahah, rokhsah mandubah, rokhsah wajibah, and rokhsah makruhah.
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