The Hukm (passing judgment) upon the actions and things in terms of Tahseen or Taqbeeh (determining their prettiness or ugliness) can occur from three directions:

1 – From the direction of the reality of things and actions and what they (intrinsically) are?

2 – From the direction of its appropriateness or suitability to the natural disposition of the human or its aversion to it.

3 – From the direction of the Thawaab and ‘Iqaab (reward and punishment) applied to them or the Mad’h (commendation/praise) or Dhamm (disapproval/blameworthiness). As for passing judgment upon the actions and things from the perspective of their reality and from the perspective of their agreeability, suitability or appropriateness to the natural disposition of the human or their non-agreeability or aversion to the natural disposition, then there is no doubt that this judgment belongs to the human himself to make i.e. it belongs to the ‘Aql and not to the Shar’a. Consequently, it is the ‘Aql that passes judgment upon actions and things from these two perspectives.

So the human judges that the honey is sweet and inclines towards eating it and that the colocynth (Mediterranean plant) is bitter and so he avoids it. From this perspective the honey would be Hasan and the colocynth ugly.

Similarly, he judges that wealth is Hasan and poverty Qabeeh and that knowledge is Hasan and ignorance is Qabeeh due to what their realities encompass in terms of completeness or deficiency (Al-Kamaal or An-Naqs).

This judgement upon the things and actions and the Tahseen and Taqbeeh (determination of prettiness and ugliness) for things and actions in these two areas returns back to the reality of the matter that the Insaan (human) perceives and comprehends by his ‘Aql (mind) and upon which his senses fall or it returns back to the natural disposition of the Insaan and his Fitrah and what he feels and his mind comprehends.