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Urf / ʻUrf
Customary practice. A secondary source in fiqh al-muamalat: where text and analogy are silent, established custom may inform a ruling if it does not contradict Sharia.
Editorial definition. A Mufti Saad signed entry replaces this when corpus content covers this term.
Related terms
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Fiqh al MuamalatIslamic jurisprudence on commercial transactions. The branch of fiqh that governs finance.
IstihsanJuristic preference. A method of legal reasoning that prefers a specific ruling over the general rule.
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