Dr. Zakir Naik explains the main sources of guidance of Sharia'a. The term Sharia'a refers to Islamic law as revealed in the Qur'an and through the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The authority of Sharia'a is drawn first and foremost from the specific guidance laid down in the Qur'an. The second main source is the Sunnah, which is what the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, did, or approved of, and refers to the way in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) lived his life. The third source is Ijmaa (consensus), which involves the interpretation and analysis of newly arising issues by eminent qualified scholars of Figh who will arrive at a consensus or ruling about the issue in question. The fourth source is Qiyas (analogy), which is the process of analogical reasoning from a known injunction to a new injunction. According to this method, the ruling of the Quran and Sunnah may be extended to a new problem provided that the precedent (asil) and the new problem (far'a) share the same operative or effective cause (illah).
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