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  • noun Islam The use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence.

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  • For example, writing commentaries on the Qu'ran, formulating jurisprudence, inventing innovative legal methods like qiyas and developed the concept of the "Islamic state."

    Muqtedar Khan: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday: To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate Muqtedar Khan 2012

  • For example, writing commentaries on the Qu'ran, formulating jurisprudence, inventing innovative legal methods like qiyas and developed the concept of the "Islamic state."

    Muqtedar Khan: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday: To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate Muqtedar Khan 2012

  • The basis for Islamic law, called fiqh (pronounced "fee-kay"), is first the Qur'an, then the Sunnah (which includes the various collections of ahadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)), then qiyas or analogies, and finally ijma or consensus of the scholars.

    Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

  • The basis for Islamic law, called fiqh (pronounced "fee-kay"), is first the Qur'an, then the Sunnah (which includes the various collections of ahadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)), then qiyas or analogies, and finally ijma or consensus of the scholars.

    Regarding Ijtihad JDsg 2006

  • If there is no guidance to answer a question based upon the Qur'an or Sunnah, or through qiyas, only then is ijtihad supposed to be used.

    Regarding Ijtihad JDsg 2006

  • If there is no guidance to answer a question based upon the Qur'an or Sunnah, or through qiyas, only then is ijtihad supposed to be used.

    Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

  • That opinion is based on the Qur'an (the Islamic holy book), the hadith (sayings of Muhammad), other texts about some of Muhammad's early followers, ijma(consensus), qiyas (analogy), and personal reactions to Brittany Spears videos.

    Ave Sharia Don Lewis 2008

  • Islamic law evolved during the 8th and 9th centuries from key roots of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) that included the Qur'an, the example of the Prophet (sunna), analogy (qiyas), and the consensus of the scholarly community (ijma’).

    765 2001

  • [Arabic: Au bar taraz khiyal wa qiyas guman wo waham.] [59] Vol. ii.

    Notes on Islam Ahmed Hussain

  • Shafi'i madhahib, the differences between usuli and akhbari, fiqh, ijma, 'aql, qiyas, and ahkam sultaniyya - even as the reader wonders how these concepts are relevant to the discussion at hand: Islam in

    Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami 2010

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