What does Tafri'a mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Tafri'a (تفريع) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Tafri'a

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

Setting a thing after a thing, for the later’s needing the prior.

Tafri'a according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Setting a thing after a thing for the later’s needing the prior. In badi’: tafri’ is a ruling establishing for a subject after that ruling’s establishing for another subject, a way feeling the chaining and following, as al-Koumayt’s word in a poem praising Allah’s messenger’s family.

Tafri'a according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

A ruling establishing for another subject after its establishing for another.

Tafri'a according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Setting a thing after a thing for the other’s needing the prior.

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

Setting the thing after a thing for the later’s needing the prior, said as-Sayyid; tafrri’ of questions from a root: making them its branches.

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