Dalaalat At-tanbeeh Wa-l-iemaa’ (the Indication Through Alerting To It Or Providing A Clue Or Indication To It)
Its definition:
Dalaalat ul-Iemaa’ and At-Tanbeeh refers to what must be the intended meaning of the Shaari’ (Legislator) from the Lafzh (wording) in accordance to the provision of the language and it occurs in that which guides to an ‘Illiyah (reasoning). This is when the Shar’a brings a text where the Hukm is arranged upon a description (Wasf) by the letter ‘Faa’a (الفاء(. This arrangement or linkage provides a Tanbeeh (alert) or Iemaa’ (indication/clue) for that Wasf being representative of the ‘Illah of the Hukm. Otherwise, there would have been no value or benefit for this linkage (Iqtiraan) or arrangement/ordering (Tarteeb).
Example:
Allah (swt) said:
[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands (Al-Maa’idah 38).
The Shaari’ (legislator) has arranged or ordered the Hukm, which is the cutting of the hand, upon theft by the Harf (letter) ‘Faa’a’. That indicates by the way of Al’Iemaa’ (indication/clue) and not explicitly that the Wasf (description of ‘Saraqah’ (theft) is the ‘Illah for the Hukm of the cutting. However, it is (nevertheless) an ‘Illah Qaasirah (deficient reasoning) because it does not extend beyond it and analogy is not made upon it. Rather it only represents the Sabab (cause) for the cutting (i.e. for the Hukm). The Asl (original position) in respect to the ‘Faa’a’ linguistically is that it has been provided for Al-‘Atf (connection) to establish the ordering (At-Tarteeb) along with the consequence (At-Ta’qeeb) without abatement/procrastination (At-Tarakhiy). However, the composition of the text made the ‘Faa’a’ establish the ‘Illiyah (reasoning) or Sababiyah (causality) and its establishing of this reasoning or causality is the Dalaalat ul-Iemaa’ and At-Tanbeeh.