Istiḥsan (Arabic: اِسْتِحْسَان) is an Arabic term for juristic discretion. In its literal sense it means "to consider something good". Muslim scholars...
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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...
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Hanafi school (section Istihsan)
hadith, consensus (ijma), legal analogy (qiyas), juristic preference (istihsan) and normative customs (urf) as sources of the Sharia. Abu Hanifa is regarded...
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Encouragement/Exhortation to Investigation/Research'), better known as Risalat Istihsan al-Khawd fi 'Ilm al-Kalam (Arabic: رسالة استحسان الخوض في علم الكلام, lit...
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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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series on Islam Usul al-Fiqh Fiqh Ijazah Ijma Ijtihad Ikhtilaf Istihlal Istihsan Istishab Madhhab Madrasah Maslaha Qiyas Taqlid Taqwa Urf Ahkam Fard Mustahabb...
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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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series on Islam Usul al-Fiqh Fiqh Ijazah Ijma Ijtihad Ikhtilaf Istihlal Istihsan Istishab Madhhab Madrasah Maslaha Qiyas Taqlid Taqwa Urf Ahkam Fard Mustahabb...
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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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series on Islam Usul al-Fiqh Fiqh Ijazah Ijma Ijtihad Ikhtilaf Istihlal Istihsan Istishab Madhhab Madrasah Maslaha Qiyas Taqlid Taqwa Urf Ahkam Fard Mustahabb...
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