"People of Opinion" — Not What You Think: How New Rulings Were Derived Among the Ḥanafīs

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As for those matters not explicitly found in the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the sayings of the Companions, for these he would convene the full assembly, resort to discussion and careful scrutiny, and would not rest satisfied until the matter was settled by mutual agreement. Imam ash-Shaʿrānī (d. 973 AH)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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