Qiyas
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Qiyas is an Islamic legal method of analogical reasoning used by jurists to derive rulings for new cases based on established precedents in the Quran and Sunnah.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal principle
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method of analogical reasoning → source of Islamic law → |
| acceptedBy |
Hanafi school of law
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Hanbali school of law → Maliki school of law → Shafi‘i school of law → |
| appliedIn |
criminal law in Islamic jurisprudence
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family law → ritual law (ibadat) → transactions (muamalat) → |
| appliesTo |
cases not explicitly mentioned in Quran and Sunnah
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| basedOn |
Quran
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Sunnah → |
| constrainedBy |
principles of usul al-fiqh
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textual evidence → |
| contestedBy |
some Shia jurists
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| distinguishedFrom |
Ijma
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Istihsan → Maslahah mursalah → |
| hasComponent |
asl (original case)
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far (new case) → hukm (legal ruling) → illah (effective cause) → |
| hasCondition |
illah must be valid and shared by both cases
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new ruling must not contradict explicit texts → |
| hasDebateOn |
extent of its authority
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validity of identifying the illah → |
| hasLanguageOrigin |
Arabic
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| hasLiteralMeaning |
comparison
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measurement → |
| hasMethod |
analogical reasoning from known cases to new cases
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| hasPurpose |
deriving legal rulings for new cases
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| influenced |
development of Sunni legal theory
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| rankedAfter |
Ijma as source of law
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Quran as source of law → Sunnah as source of law → |
| recognizedBy |
Sunni Islam
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| rejectedBy |
Zahiri school of law
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| relatedTo |
analogy in legal reasoning
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| requires |
a legal ruling for the original case (hukm al-asl)
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a new case without explicit ruling (far) → an effective cause or common attribute (illah) → an original case with a known ruling (asl) → |
| resultsIn |
a legal ruling for the new case (hukm al-far)
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| studiedIn |
usul al-fiqh
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| usedBy |
Islamic jurists
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| usedFor |
extending existing rulings to similar situations
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| usedIn |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Sharia
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derivedFrom |
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Islam
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legalSource |
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Ijma
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relatedConcept |