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Istihsan (استحسان) is an Arabic term for juristic "preference". In its literal sense it means "to consider something good". Muslim scholars may use it to express their preference for particular judgements in Islamic law over other possibilities. It is one of the principles of legal thought underlying personal interpretation or ijtihad. A number of disputes existed amongst the classical jurists over this principle with the Hanafite jurists adopting this as a secondary source. Contemporary proponents of liberal movements within Islam have used ''istihsan'' and the similar idea of ''istislah'' (Arabic for "to deem proper") as ethical principles to favour feminist and reformist interpretations of the Qur'an and Sunnah, thus looking to reform Islamic law. ==Etymology== ' ( (:istiħsaːn), plural ' ) is an Arabic word that means "to consider something good". It also applies to mean something towards which one is inclined or which one prefers, even if it is not approved by others.〔Nyazee, Islamic Jurisprudence, 2000, p. 231〕 Technically it has been defined in several ways by Muslim jurists: * Bazdawi defines it as moving away from the implications of an analogy to an analogy that is stronger than it〔al-Bazdawi, Usul al-Bazdawi〕 * Al-Halwani defines it as giving up an analogy for a stronger evidence from the Quran, Sunnah or ijma〔 * The Maliki jurist, Ibn al-Arabi defines it as sacrificing some of the implications of an evidence by way of exception〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Istihsan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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