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What does the term ʿurf refer to in Islamic legal theory?

ʿUrf means custom or usage. In classical Islamic legal theory, an accepted custom can supplement higher sources when consistent with them.

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What does the term ʿurf refer to in Islamic legal theory?

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ʿUrf means custom or usage. In classical Islamic legal theory, an accepted custom can supplement higher sources when consistent with them.

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Option A

The Qur’an is a textual source of revelation with a different basis from custom.

Option B

ʿUrf refers to customary practice or usage that jurists may recognize subject to higher sources.

Option C

Consensus is ijma, a distinct basis for legal reasoning.

Option D

Analogy is qiyas, a distinct method of deriving a ruling.

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