The Sources of Rulings and Legal Deduction Among the Scholars
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Question:
And this is part of the intended excellence in the schools of jurisprudence.
Answer:
The starting point of rulings is the points of legal deduction: knowing that a command implies obligation and a prohibition implies forbiddance, that the absolute is understood in light of the restricted, and the general in light of the specific, that the abrogating is adopted and the abrogated is left aside. These are the sources of rulings, and only specialized scholars know them. How does this text indicate such a thing, or not indicate it, by its generality, by its explicit wording, or by its necessary implication? These are schools of knowledge that only the people of knowledge know. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
And this is part of the intended excellence in the schools of jurisprudence.
Answer:
The starting point of rulings is the points of legal deduction: knowing that a command implies obligation and a prohibition implies forbiddance, that the absolute is understood in light of the restricted, and the general in light of the specific, that the abrogating is adopted and the abrogated is left aside. These are the sources of rulings, and only specialized scholars know them. How does this text indicate such a thing, or not indicate it, by its generality, by its explicit wording, or by its necessary implication? These are schools of knowledge that only the people of knowledge know. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
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