This entry belongs to Shahrur’s lexicon. For Shahrur, the commonly accepted is not a rigid list of inherited customs, but what has become socially acceptable in a given context; therefore, it is tied to custom and social change.
Meaning according to Shahrur
The commonly accepted is what people have come to agree upon and accept within their society, as opposed to the objectionable, meaning what they find reprehensible. Thus, the commonly accepted and the objectionable change with the change of societies and times, and it is not valid to turn a particular historical custom into a final religious standard.
Distinctions
- It differs from prohibition, because the commonly accepted is a social and value-based sphere with no divine authority to add prohibitions.
- It differs from rigid custom, because it is subject to change according to society and context.
- It is adjacent to law and social etiquette, but it is not always identical with them.