
In Islamic jurisprudence, qiyās (Arabic قياس) is the process of deductive analogy in which the teachings of the Hadith are compared and contrasted with those of the Qur`an, in order to apply a known injunction (nass) to a new circumstance and create a new injunction. Here the ruling of the Sunnah and the Qur`an may be used as a means to sol.....
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in Islamic law, analogical reasoning as applied to the deduction of juridical principles from the Qur`n and the Sunnah (the normative practice of the ... [8 related articles]
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A legal term in Islam that refers to analogical reasoning. This form of deduction often is used in order to understand whether something is forbidden, even if not explicitly stated in any Islamic scriptures (Esposito et al. 2012b
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