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Principles of istishab

Example of principles based on istishab include the presumption of an action being permissible until proven prohibited; of innocence until proven guilty; of freedom from responsibility until proven otherwise; of duty until proven fulfilled; of purity until proven impure

Jasser Auda, Maqasid al-Shariah as Philosophy of Islamic Law, IIIT, London, 2008, p.132