خبرواحد اور قیا س:باہمی تعارض کی صورت میں صاحبین اور حنفی فقہائے اصولیین کا نقطہ نظر

Abstract

Two approaches can be identified in the Hanafi school of fiqh regarding the contradicton of khabar al‑wahid with the implication of analogy (Qiyas). According to one opinion khabar al‑wahid will be rejected if only the narrator (Rawi) is not happened to be a jurist (Faqih). Naturally it will be accepted against qiyas if the narrator (Rawi) belongs to the jurist camp. The second approach always prefers khabar al‑wahid over Qiyas. This paper will try to discuss these approaches at depth focussing on the writings of Imam Abu Yousuf and Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Shybani and concludes that these two jurists opted the second approach in their legal debates.