LessonsQiyas: Definition, Authority, Five Conditions, Effective Cause and TypesQuiz

«يكون القياس لإثبات حكم شرعي لا لمعنى لغوي»
Qiyas is for determining a legal ruling, not assigning a linguistic meaning.

Juristic analogy may concern whether an act is obligatory, prohibited, valid, or invalid. It does not by itself redefine what a word denotes in the language.

«المطبوخ المنصف خمر»
Grape juice reduced by half is called “wine.”

The critical distinction is between arguing for a legal consequence and changing a word’s lexical classification. Even a shared property does not license arbitrary relabeling.

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Condition 4: legal rulings, not lexical labels

Qiyas: Definition, Authority, Five Conditions, Effective Cause and Types

«يكون القياس لإثبات حكم شرعي لا لمعنى لغوي»
Qiyas is for determining a legal ruling, not assigning a linguistic meaning.

Juristic analogy may concern whether an act is obligatory, prohibited, valid, or invalid. It does not by itself redefine what a word denotes in the language.

«المطبوخ المنصف خمر»
Grape juice reduced by half is called “wine.”

The critical distinction is between arguing for a legal consequence and changing a word’s lexical classification. Even a shared property does not license arbitrary relabeling.