What does Nasikh mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Nasikh (نَّاسِخ) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Nasikh

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

In the mansoukh.

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

Active name of naskha yansakhou; naskh the lifting and removal. Terminology: lifting a legal ruling by a later legal ruling: the abrogator the later ruling lifting a prior; the abrogator really is Allah, establishing the second ruling and barring the first by His word signifying it, and by the Quran descended attesting His speech.

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

What signals a prior ruling’s completion.

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