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وهو الذي يمكن التوصل بصحيح النظر فيه إلى العلم
That through which knowledge can be reached by correct reasoning.

Naẓar involves attending to known premises in a way that makes a conclusion accessible. Complexity or length by itself does not make a proof valid.

“All humans are mortal; Zayd is human; therefore Zayd is mortal” illustrates a conclusion entailed by its premises. “Zayd is human; therefore he is necessarily a jurist” does not. Valid reasoning requires suitable premises and a conclusion that really follows from them.

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What Counts as Sound Reasoning?

Prophetic Report, Miracles and Inferential Knowledge

وهو الذي يمكن التوصل بصحيح النظر فيه إلى العلم
That through which knowledge can be reached by correct reasoning.

Naẓar involves attending to known premises in a way that makes a conclusion accessible. Complexity or length by itself does not make a proof valid.

“All humans are mortal; Zayd is human; therefore Zayd is mortal” illustrates a conclusion entailed by its premises. “Zayd is human; therefore he is necessarily a jurist” does not. Valid reasoning requires suitable premises and a conclusion that really follows from them.