Compare two cases: (1) Quranic wording remains in the Mushaf although the source calls its earlier ruling abrogated; (2) another ruling remains operative although no wording about it is in the Mushaf as a Quranic verse. What distinction explains both cases?

The Book of Allah as a Primary Source

• Text status and ruling status are separate questions
• Every operative ruling must have wording in the Mushaf
• Whenever a ruling changes, its wording must stop being Quran
• A report becomes Quranic wording when scholars act upon its ruling