Reasoning by Analogy
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Question:
And the Shaykh Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) — the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement regarding evidence — if it were such and such, for example, would torture then become evidence?
Answer:
It is a type of reasoning, yes, because it is a type of qiyas (analogical reasoning), and qiyas is a source of legal evidence. Yes.
And the Shaykh Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) — the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement regarding evidence — if it were such and such, for example, would torture then become evidence?
Answer:
It is a type of reasoning, yes, because it is a type of qiyas (analogical reasoning), and qiyas is a source of legal evidence. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 66 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|باب النذر|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:50)
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