LessonsEight Objections to Legal Analogy and How They Are AnsweredQuiz

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Reversal has two forms.

In qalb the opponent uses the proponent's own proposed attribute against the proposed inference. In one form, the asserted direction of dependence between cause and ruling is reversed; in another, the very same alleged cause is made to support the opposite legal outcome.

Merely reversing a sentence is not enough. The opponent must justify why the attribute has the countervailing legal implication. Without such a link, the supposed reversal is no more than an unsupported contrary assertion.

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Qalb: reversing the force of a reason

Eight Objections to Legal Analogy and How They Are Answered

وأما القلب فنوعان
Reversal has two forms.

In qalb the opponent uses the proponent's own proposed attribute against the proposed inference. In one form, the asserted direction of dependence between cause and ruling is reversed; in another, the very same alleged cause is made to support the opposite legal outcome.

Merely reversing a sentence is not enough. The opponent must justify why the attribute has the countervailing legal implication. Without such a link, the supposed reversal is no more than an unsupported contrary assertion.