Ili naskh itokee, masharti yafuatayo matatu lazima yawe yametimia:

For naskh to have taken place, the following three conditions must have been fulfilled:

1. Sheria iliyofutwa lazima iwe sheria ya kimungu. Hii ina maana kwamba katazo la pombe lililotolewa hatua kwa hatua halitachukuliwa kuwa naskh, kwa sababu kila aya iliyofuata ilipanua tu wigo wa katazo la aya iliyotangulia. Mwenendo wa awali wa watu ulikuwa wa kutenda kana kwamba pombe ilikuwa halali. Ni dhana yao kwamba pombe ilikuwa inaruhusiwa ndiyo iliyoondolewa hatua kwa hatua kupitia aya tatu zinazohusu jambo hili, si kauli yoyote ya awali ya Allah kwamba pombe ilikuwa inaruhusiwa.

1. The law which has been replaced has to have been a divine law. This means that the gradual prohibition of alcohol would not be classified as naskh, because each successive verse only expanded the prohibitive scope of the previous verse. The original behavior of the people was to act as if alcohol was lawful. It was their assumption that alcohol was permissible that was gradually abolished by the three verses on this subject, not any previous statement by Allaah that liquor was permissible.