Discover the meaning of the term Astfṣal- (استفصال) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readIt is the request for detail. Istifsal is thus more specific than istifsar (asking for explanation), for explanation may occur without detail, as explaining a word by its synonym. It is said in (the encyclopedia) 'al-Mawsu'a': from the context of the usulis' and jurists' words it is gathered that istifsal is the request for detail; the word does not occur in the language dictionaries at our disposal, yet it is nevertheless sound, having occurred in al-Shafi'i's speech, which suffices as evidence for the Arabs' language. (Al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya 4/58.)