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Istis-hab, the presumption of continuity
Islamic Religious Education · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes
Explain Istis-hab and how it protects a known state until there is evidence of change.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Sources of sharia and why secondary sources matter
- Ijma, the consensus of scholars
- Qiyas, analogical deduction
- Istis-hab, the presumption of continuity
- Urf, accepted custom
- Maslahah Mursalah, the public interest
- Comparing the five secondary sources
- The significance of the secondary sources in society
- Applying the secondary sources in day-to-day life
- Urf rules in Kenya: road safety