Qiyās jalī is an analogy whose relevant connection is comparatively evident. Qiyās khafī involves a subtler inferential route. The apparent simplicity of an analogy is not the only measure of the strength of its proof.
In certain Hanafi legal-theoretical discussions, the less obvious analogy may be preferred when a stronger legally relevant consideration supports it. This is not freedom to follow an arbitrary preference: the reasoning must be accountable to recognized evidence and principled comparison.
Illustration: Two transactions might look alike on the surface yet differ in the feature responsible for a ruling. Treating them alike solely because of outward resemblance may then fail. The illustration describes a mode of legal reasoning, not a legal ruling on a real transaction.