Katazo ni kile ambacho dalili ya kimaandishi inaonyesha kuwa ni khitabu cha Mwenye kutunga sheria (Shaari') chenye ombi la lazima la kujiepusha na kitendo. Anayekifanya anastahili lawama kisheria, na neno hili ni sawa na al-mahdhūr.

The prohibition is that which textual evidence indicates upon as being the address of the legislator with a decisive request to abstain from an action. The one who performs it is legally blameworthy, and it is synonymous with al-mahdhūr.