Nass (Islam)

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Short description: Legal concept

Nass (Arabic: نَصّ) is an Arabic word variously translated as "a known, clear legal injunction," a "divine decree",[1] a "designation",[2] "written law" as opposed to unwritten law,[3] "canonical text" that forbids or requires,[4] a "textual proof".[5]

In Shia Islam (Twelver and Isma'ili), nass refers specifically to the designation of an infallible Imam by a previous infallible Imam.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Qaiser, Shahzad (1985). Quest for the Eternal. Pakistan Publication. pp. 33. https://books.google.com/books?id=-egtAAAAYAAJ&q=nass. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sachedina, Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. SUNY Press. pp. 137. ISBN 9780873954426. https://books.google.com/books?id=5zUIYGQT4DwC&q=nass. 
  3. ↑ Bearman, Peri; Peters, Rudolph (2016). The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 9781317043065. https://books.google.com/books?id=3gjACwAAQBAJ&q=examples+of+naṣṣ+a+known+clear+legal+injunction&pg=PA14. Retrieved 15 April 2020. 
  4. ↑ Khan, Muhammad Akram (2013). What Is Wrong with Islamic Economics?: Analysing the Present State and .... Edward Elgar Publishing.. p. 175. ISBN 9781782544159. https://books.google.com/books?id=Fr36Gd1X_rcC&q=nass. Retrieved 15 April 2020. 
  5. ↑ Sachedina, Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. SUNY Press. pp. 170. ISBN 9780873954426. https://books.google.com/books?id=5zUIYGQT4DwC&q=nass. 

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