This is a lexicon entry in the Shahrur lexicon. It presents what the claim atoms establish regarding the holder of the right to permit and prohibit, and distinguishes between religious ruling and the terms for forbidding and preventing in their context.
What the source establishes
The claim atom “God alone possesses the right to permit and prohibit” states that “no one has the right to prohibit or permit … because God is the sole holder of the right to permit and prohibit.” The claim atom Forbidding is not prohibition distinguishes between terms of prevention and ruling; therefore, this entry is limited to the basis of divine prerogative and to the need not to equate adjacent terms.
The difference between prohibition and prevention
Distinguishing between forbidding and prohibition alone is not sufficient to construct a complete theory of law or the state. Yet it prevents the conflation of the two terms and preserves the attribution of a ruling to its source and context.
Limits of the indication
The claim atoms establish a general principle concerning the source of permission and prohibition, as well as a functional distinction between prohibition and forbidding. However, they do not provide here a detailed list of all prohibitions, nor do they explain every form of prevention or regulation.