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" Fiqh, faqīh, fuqahāʾ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
El Shamsy, Ahmed
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English
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1061654
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ALei2051
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El Shamsy, Ahmed
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Fiqh, faqīh, fuqahāʾ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ El Shamsy, Ahmed
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,619 words)
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The term fiqh refers commonly to religious knowledge, especially knowledge of Islamic law derived through legal reasoning (ijtihād) (al-Shīrāzī, 1:157), and the term faqīh (pl. fuqahāʾ ) to someone who possesses such knowledge. Etymologically, the root f-q-h denotes subtle and penetrating discernment and comprehension, particularly of speech (al-Azharī, Tahdhīb al-lugha , ed. ʿAbd al-Salām Hārūn, 15 vols., Cairo 1964–7, s.v. f-q-h ; al-ʿAskarī, al-Furūq al-lughawiyya , ed. Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Salīm, Cairo 1998, 87–8; al-Shīrāzī, 1:157). The connection
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Islam.
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ALei2051.pdf
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