What does Al-manʿ mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-manʿ (مَنْع) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-manʿ

Al-manʿ according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Competition. In the terminology of controversy, it may be used in the sense of the question in the most general sense, and it is well-known for being used in demanding the proof for a specific premise, and this is called the prevention, contradiction, and refutation. Its detail is also as it has passed in detail in the manners of research and controversy. The meaning of prevention in their saying that this definition is comprehensive and exclusive is that it is such that nothing of the non-essentials of the defined enters into it, and the meaning of comprehensiveness is that it encompasses one by one each of the individuals of the defined.

Al-manʿ according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

That three stars are in the same zodiac sign at a different degree.

Al-manʿ according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is used to denote dismissal and contradiction, and it consists of preventing a specific premise from the premises of the proof, whether the prevention is with support or without it.

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