Haqiqatda, al-Istishob ḥukm uchun dalil (dalil) hisoblanmaydi, chunki dalil — bu ḥukm olinadigan narsadir. Ḥukm esa farz, mandub, mubah, makruh yoki haromdir, va al-Istishobdan hech qanday ḥukm olinmaydi. Aksincha, al-Istishob avvaldan dalil bilan sobit bo‘lgan, ammo asli al-Istishob bo‘lmagan ḥukmning davom etishi, qolishi degani. Sababi shundaki, al-Istishob yangi ḥukm sobit qilmaydi, balki avvalgi ḥukm o‘zining e’tiborli (mu’tabar) dalili orqali istishob yo‘li bilan davom etadi.

The truth is that Al-Istishaab does not represent a Daleel upon the Hukm because the Daleel is that which the Hukm for a matter or an action is taken from. The Hukm is either Fard, Mandoob, Mubaah, Makrooh or Haraam and no Hukm is taken from Al-Istishaab. Rather Al-Istishaab means the remaining or continuance of the Hukm that had been established by an evidence previously which was not in origin Al-Istishaab. That is because Al-Istishaab doesn’t establish a new Hukm but rather the previous Hukm established by its legitimately recognised (Mu’tabar) Daleel continues by way of Istishaab.