Ibn Najm on Law: The prevention is corruption takes precedence over the attainment of benefit

Ibn Najm said, “A principle of law is that the prevention of corruption is more important than the attainment of benefit, such that if one is presented with something evil and something good, then defending from
corruption should prevail.”

[Al-Ashbah wa Natha’ir ala Madha’hib Abu Hanifa 290]

قال ابن نجم وَهِيَ دَرْءُ الْمَفَاسِدِ أَوْلَى مِنْ جَلْبِ الْمَصَالِحِ فَإِذَا تَعَارَضَتْ مَفْسَدَةٌ وَمَصْلَحَةٌ قُدِّمَ دَفْعُ الْمَفْسَدَةِ غَالِبًا

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