Is it permissible to use analogical reasoning in matters of creed?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is analogical reasoning used in matters of creed? Is it one of its sources? Did any of the people of the Sunnah use it?
Answer:
Matters of creed are based on divine revelation. Analogical reasoning is not used in them. Rather, analogical reasoning is used in Islamic jurisprudence, in the rulings of jurisprudence. There is disagreement regarding what is agreed upon, but the majority hold that analogical reasoning is one of the evidences for rulings. What is not explicitly stated is analogized to what is explicitly stated, provided it resembles it, if there is a link of similarity between them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is analogical reasoning used in matters of creed? Is it one of its sources? Did any of the people of the Sunnah use it?
Answer:
Matters of creed are based on divine revelation. Analogical reasoning is not used in them. Rather, analogical reasoning is used in Islamic jurisprudence, in the rulings of jurisprudence. There is disagreement regarding what is agreed upon, but the majority hold that analogical reasoning is one of the evidences for rulings. What is not explicitly stated is analogized to what is explicitly stated, provided it resembles it, if there is a link of similarity between them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [56 -521] هل يجوز استعمال القياس في العقيدة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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