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Naskh (Legal Abrogation)

The legal-theory principle that a later authoritative text can repeal the legal effect of an earlier one, with debates over whether the Sunna may abrogate the Qurʾān and the conditions of valid naskh.

The legal-theory principle that a later authoritative text can repeal the legal effect of an earlier one, with debates over whether the Sunna may abrogate the Qurʾān and the conditions of valid naskh.

How it traveled

  1. al-Dhariʿa ila Usul al-Shariʿa
    Karbala · 1044
    explains
  2. Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  3. Muhalla Bi Athar
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  4. Bidayat Mujtahid
    Cordoba · 1198
    applies
  5. Daw Bahir
    Damascus · 1223
    applies
  6. Musawwada Fi Usul Fiqh
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  7. Rafʿ al-Malam ʿan al-Aʾimma al-Aʿlam
    Harran · 1328
    explains

Key passages(20)

Sharh al-Talwih ʿala al-Tawdih · al-Taftazani

Very high

Daw Bahir · Ibn Qudama

Very high

al-Dhariʿa ila Usul al-Shariʿa · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Mahsul · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Mustasfa · al-Ghazali

Very high

Sharh Usul Khamsa · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

Very high

Iʿlam al-Muwaqqiʿin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Burhan Fi Usul Fiqh · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

Very high

Daqaiq Tafsir · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Daruri Fi Usul Fiqh · Ibn Rushd

Very high
Hisba 1307↗challenges

Hisba · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Ighathat Lahfan · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Mabadi Wusul · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Mankhul · al-Ghazali

Very high

Muhalla Bi Athar · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Muntaha Matlab · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Musawwada Fi Usul Fiqh · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

al-Mustadrak ʿala Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high