ʿUrf (Arabic: العرف) is an Arabic Islamic term referring to the custom, or 'knowledge', of a given society. To be recognized in an Islamic society, ʿurf...

mursala), blocking the means (sadd al-dhari'ah), local customs (urf), and sayings of a companion of the Prophet (qawl al-sahabi). The Quran set the rights...

priority over Qiyas (analogical reasoning, which early Hanbalis rejected) or al-'urf (customs of a land) which is completely rejected by Hanbalis. While Hanbalis...

Cf. aman. Fiqh (فقه) jurisprudence built around the shariah by custom (al-urf). Literally means "deep understanding", refers to understanding the Islamic...

addition to Quran and ahadith, sometimes other sources such as al-urf (custom), or al-ijma (consensus of the jurists) are employed, to create laws that...

casuistic method." Sometimes other sources such as al-urf, (the custom), al-'aql (reason) or al-ijma (consensus of the jurists) were employed. In addition...

"minority" (aqallīya), citing "international custom" (al-ʿurf ad-daulī). The ECFR defined fiqh al-aqallīyāt relatively neutrally as "the normative scientific...

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time is not what is understood by the urf when the verses are read. Proponents of this view, say that the urf would expect that fasting is what is mu'tadil...

more obvious area of flexibility involves his view on urf (local custom). Ibn Abidin's view on urf was that it was important to include it in fatwas. He...