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qiyas  Term Image (qiyās) Script Image
(Language:  Arabic)
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Short Description: Analogical reasoning as used in Islamic jurisprudence.
Long Description: Analogical reasoning as used in Islamic jurisprudence. It is understood in most schools of Islamic law to be one of the four primary sources of the sharī‘a, along with the Qur’ān, sunna, and ijmā‘.
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Source(s): Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard
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Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms