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==Its Place in Fiqh== | ==Its Place in Fiqh== | ||
Along with the [[Qur'an]], the [[Tradition]], and the [[Consensus]], the intellect counts as one of | Along with the [[Qur'an]], the [[Tradition]], and the [[Consensus]], the intellect counts as one of [[the Four Sources]] for the deduction of jurisprudential rulings. In the process of their [[ijtihad]], Shiite jurisprudents frequently draw on the intellect and reasoning. Some of its uses in fiqh are mentioned in usul al-fiqh. Here are some of the functions of the intellect in the process of deducing jurisprudential rulings: | ||
Source of jurisprudential rulings along with the Qur'an and the Tradition: the intellect or reasoning is sometimes an independent source for jurisprudential rulings, such as rulings discovered through [[rational goodness and badness]] (al-husn wa l-qubh al-'aqli), and is sometimes a supplementary reason along with another jurisprudential ruling, such as cases in which a new jurisprudential ruling is discovered through a relation of implication between a jurisprudential ruling and a rational principle. | Source of jurisprudential rulings along with the Qur'an and the Tradition: the intellect or reasoning is sometimes an independent source for jurisprudential rulings, such as rulings discovered through [[rational goodness and badness]] (al-husn wa l-qubh al-'aqli), and is sometimes a supplementary reason along with another jurisprudential ruling, such as cases in which a new jurisprudential ruling is discovered through a relation of implication between a jurisprudential ruling and a rational principle. | ||