المعنى الاصطلاحي

Replacing an earlier religious ruling with another ruling by a subsequent Shar`ee text

الشرح المختصر

"Naskh" (abrogation) means substituting a legislated religious ruling with another or cancelling it altogether. The sole source of abrogation is Allah the Exalted through His words (the Quran) or the words of His Messenger, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him (the Sunnah). He is entitled to issue whatever ruling He wills then to abrogate that ruling –i.e. cancel it and remove it– to serve the interests of His slaves, or to grant them alleviation, or to test their obedience to Him, or as part of a gradual approach in legislating some rulings. There are two types of "naskh": 2 . "Naskh khaass" (special abrogation), which means that one ruling is abrogated by another, and this is often meant when the term is used. 1. "Naskh `aamm" (general abrogation), which means that the Shariah of Islam abrogates all the heavenly religions that came before it. There are three categories of "naskh": 1. abrogation of Quranic verses by Quranic verses 2. abrogation of Sunnah by Quranic verses 3. abrogation of Sunnah by Sunnah texts In terms of the abrogated verses, "naskh" is classified into: a. abrogation of the recited verse as well as the ruling it implies. b. abrogation of the ruling but not the recited verse. c. abrogation of the recited verse but not the ruling it implies.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر

"Naskh": removing, copying. "Tanaasukh": transmigration. Other meanings: transferring, altering, changing, nullifying, making firm.

التعريف

- the annulment by the legislator of his earlier ruling, replacing it by a new one.