Istiḥsan (Arabic: ‏اِسْتِحْسَان‎) is an Arabic term for juristic discretion. In its literal sense it means "to consider something good". Muslim scholars...

legal precedent and rebuffed the Ahl al-Ra'y (personal opinion) and the Istiḥsān (juristic discretion). The Shafiʽi school was widely followed in the Middle...

hadith, consensus (ijma), legal analogy (qiyas), juristic preference (istihsan) and normative customs (urf) as sources of the Sharia. Abu Hanifa is regarded...

Encouragement/Exhortation to Investigation/Research'), better known as Risalat Istihsan al-Khawd fi 'Ilm al-Kalam (Arabic: رسالة استحسان الخوض في علم الكلام, lit...

custom in the beginning), munkar is meant as bid’a. (a related topic: Istihsan) However, today, according to the meanings attributed to the term with...

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heresiography and theology, have survived. The three main ones are: Risalat Istihsan al-Khawd fi 'Ilm al-Kalam (Treatise on the Appropriateness of Inquiry in...

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Islam Al-Ash'ari Ahl al-Ra'y Kalam Eminent scholars Theological works Istihsan al-Khawd fi 'Ilm al-Kalam Mujarrad Maqalat al-Ash'ari Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari...

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