What does Al-amr al-aʿtbary mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-amr al-aʿtbary (أمر الاعتباري) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-amr al-aʿtbary

Al-amr al-aʿtbary according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is that which has no existence except in the mind of the considerer as long as he considers; it is the quiddity with the condition of nudity (bi-shart al-'ira').

Al-amr al-aʿtbary according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

It is that which has existence only in the mind of the considerer as long as he considers, like the quiddity with the condition of nudity; its precise exposition comes under al-mahiyya (the quiddity), Allah the Exalted willing.

Al-amr al-aʿtbary according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

What has no existence except in the mind of the considerer as long as he considers. (At-tawqif, p. 92).

Al-amr al-aʿtbary according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

What has no existence except in the mind of the considerer as long as he considers; what has no existence except in the mind of the considerer as long as he considers.