LessonsArgument Without New Proof: Absence of a Cause and Presumption of ContinuityQuiz

ولما لم يرد النص على خلاف هذا القياس لم يترك
Since no text was reported contradicting this analogy, it was not discarded.

The closing methodological caution distinguishes not finding an explicit text about every detail from finding no text contrary to an otherwise sound analogy. A valid qiyas is not rejected merely because each new application lacks its own verbal text.

Yet the analogy must first establish a legally sound cause. It is mistaken both to dismiss every inference as unsupported and to impose new consequences merely on an unproved assertion.

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The limits of claiming no evidence and abandoning analogy

Argument Without New Proof: Absence of a Cause and Presumption of Continuity

ولما لم يرد النص على خلاف هذا القياس لم يترك
Since no text was reported contradicting this analogy, it was not discarded.

The closing methodological caution distinguishes not finding an explicit text about every detail from finding no text contrary to an otherwise sound analogy. A valid qiyas is not rejected merely because each new application lacks its own verbal text.

Yet the analogy must first establish a legally sound cause. It is mistaken both to dismiss every inference as unsupported and to impose new consequences merely on an unproved assertion.