English Explanatory Dictionary

qiyas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence.

Word forms

qiyas kiyas

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic قِيَاس (qiyās, “measurement, analogy”).

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