Ar-Rukhas: Ni wingi wa Rukhsah, na Rukhsah ni hukumu iliyowekwa miongoni mwa Ahkaam Ash-Shar'iyah kama kupunguza (takhfeef) kwa ‘Azeemah (kitendo kilichoamriwa kwa hukumu ya kawaida) kutokana na ‘Udhr (sababu halali ya kisheria), huku hukumu ya ‘Azeemah ikibaki mahali pake. Kufunga Ramadhani ni ‘Azeemah, ilhali kuvunja funga kwa mgonjwa au msafiri ni Rukhsah. Kuosha sehemu ya mwili au kiungo katika Wudhuu' ni ‘Azeemah, ilhali kupangusa juu ya kiungo kilichojeruhiwa au kuvunjika ni Rukhsah, na kadhalika... Lisilokusudiwa katika mjadala huu, yaani 'kufuata Rukhas', ni kutekeleza Rukhsah bila ‘Azeemah, ambapo lengo pekee la Rukhas ni kuchukua hukumu nyepesi zaidi kuhusiana na Takleef. Hii ni pale Mukallaf anapokubali hukumu anayoona nyepesi kuliko nyingine kuhusiana na wajibu. Kwa mfano, anakubali kwamba kumgusa mwanamke hakubatilishi Wudhuu', huku akiacha pembeni hukumu inayosema kwamba kumgusa mwanamke kunavunja Wudhuu'; na anakubali hukumu ya kuunganisha swalah mbili katika safari fupi, ambayo baadhi ya ‘Ulamaa walisema inamhusu mtu anayetoka tu nje ya mipaka ya mji au kijiji anachoishi, ilhali anaacha hukumu inayoona safari ni ile yenye umbali wa kilomita 81 au zaidi.

Ar-Rukhas: It is the Jam’u (plural) of Rukhsah and the Rukhsah is that which has been legislated from the Ahkaam Ash-Shar’iyah as a Takhfeef (lightening) of the ‘Azeemah (commanded action before special permission) due to an ‘Udhr (legitimate legal excuse) whilst the Hukm of the ‘Azeemah remains (in place). The fasting in Ramadan is an ‘Azeemah whilst the breaking of the fast of the sick person or traveller is a Rukhsah. Washing the body part or limb in the Wudoo’ is an ‘Azeemah whilst wiping over the injured or broken limb is a Rukhsah and so on… What is not intended in this discussion ‘The following of Rukhas’, is the performing of the Rukhsah without the ‘Azeemah, where all that is intended from the Rukhas is the taking of the lightest Ahkaam in respect to Takleef. This is where the Mukallaf adopts the Hukm that he views to be lighter than another in respect to commitment. So for instance he adopts that the touching of the woman does not invalidate the Wudoo’ whilst putting aside the Hukm that states that touching the woman does break the Wudoo, and he adopts the Hukm of combining between prayers in a short journey which some of the ‘Ulamaa considered to apply to the person just going outside of the boundaries of the town or village that he resides in, whilst he leaves the Hukm that considers travel to be that which equals 81 km or more.

Miongoni mwa rukhsa zilizotajwa katika maelezo hapo juu, kuna hii inayohusu muqallid kuchukua kutoka kwenye madhehebu hukumu nyepesi zaidi kwa lengo la kuzifuata, bila kuzingatia nguvu ya dalili wala kiwango cha elimu ya mujtahid, wala hata kujizuia na madhehebu moja tu.

The following of the Rukhas in the above description relates to the Muqallid taking from the Madhaahib the lightest Ahkaam for the purpose of abiding by them without giving any consideration to the strength of the Daleel or the level of the knowledge of the Mujtahid or even restricting himself to a single Madh’hab.