Editing Urf (section)

{{Short description|Arabic Islamic term meaning societal custom or knowledge}}
{{other uses|URF (disambiguation)}}
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{{Usul al-Fiqh}}

'''{{Transliteration|ar|ʿUrf}}''' ({{langx|ar|العرف}}) is an [[Arabic]] [[Islam]]ic term referring to the custom, or 'knowledge', of a given society. To be recognized in an Islamic society, {{Transliteration|ar|ʿurf}} must be compatible with [[Sharia]].<ref name="H. Patrick Glenn 2007, pg. 201">H. Patrick Glenn, ''Legal Traditions of the World''. [[Oxford University Press]], 2007, pg. 201.</ref> When applied, it can lead to the deprecation or inoperability of a certain aspect of [[fiqh]] (Islamic [[jurisprudence]]).<ref name="H. Patrick Glenn 2007, pg. 201" />

{{Transliteration|ar|ʿUrf}} is a source of Islamic legal rulings where there are not explicit primary texts of the [[Qur'an and Sunnah]] specifying the ruling. {{Transliteration|ar|ʿUrf}} can also specify something generally established in the primary texts.