What does Nafy mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Nafy (نفي) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Nafy

Nafy according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

What is not categorised by « la »: it is informing of the act’s leaving.

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

Informing of the act’s leaving and its nonexistence, contrary to the forbidding being a demand of leaving the act: a performance and demand, not informations.

Nafy according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

It may be in denial’s or rejection’s sense, affirmation’s contrary. Note: negation and rejection’s difference: the negator, truthful, his speech called negation, not rejection; liar, called rejection and negation too: every rejection a negation, every negation not rejection, mentioned by Abou Ja’far an-Nahhas. Said: hence His word: « they rejected it while their souls certain of it, by injustice and pride ».

Nafy according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

The word attesting the denied’s nonexistence.

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

Among information’s categories, affirmation’s contrary.

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