Consideration of custom (ʿUrf) by the Izalah Organization in Gombe, Nigeria: a critical examination = (مراعاة آلية "العرف" لدى جماعة الإزالة في ولاية غونبي، نيجيريا: دراسة نقدية)

• Main Authors: Aishatu, Abubakar Kumo, Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah, Zakariyah, Luqman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects; KBP425 Uṣūl al-fiqh. Jurisprudence and theory of law. Science of legal reasoning.
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/64610/1/64610_Consideration%20of%20Custom.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/64610/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/al-fiqh/index.php/al-fiqh/article/view/36

‘Urf in the Sharīʿah serves as an essential tool for dealing with mu‘ᾱmalāt aspects of Muslim life. The ‘urf rulings stipulated by the scholars determine its acceptability or otherwise. A certain ‘urf serves as a legal principle to conduct a transaction in social interaction. However, Jamᾱ’atu Izala...