LessonsIbarat, Isharat, Dalalat and Iqtida of Text: Four Routes to Legal MeaningQuiz

Both dalalat al-nass and analogy may speak of a rationale, but they identify and use it differently.

Dalalah: the prohibition of more serious harm to parents is grasped from the address “do not say uff” through its ordinary meaning and context.
Qiyas: a jurist identifies a legal rationale in one ruling and extends it to a distinct case through structured analogical investigation.

The source expressly marks dalalah as lughatan, la ijtihadan.

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Dalalat al-nass is not independent qiyas

Ibarat, Isharat, Dalalat and Iqtida of Text: Four Routes to Legal Meaning

Both dalalat al-nass and analogy may speak of a rationale, but they identify and use it differently.

Dalalah: the prohibition of more serious harm to parents is grasped from the address “do not say uff” through its ordinary meaning and context.
Qiyas: a jurist identifies a legal rationale in one ruling and extends it to a distinct case through structured analogical investigation.

The source expressly marks dalalah as lughatan, la ijtihadan.