Editing Urf (section)

==Overview==
;Terminology
The term {{Transliteration|ar|'ʿurf'}}, meaning "to know", refers to the customs and practices of a given society.

;History
{{Transliteration|ar|ʿUrf}} was first recognized by [[Abu Yusuf]] (d. 182/798), an early leader of the [[Hanafi|Ḥanafī]] [[madhhab|school]], though it was considered part of the {{Transliteration|ar|sunnah}}, i.e genuine and not a formal source. Later [[Sarakhsi|al-Sarak̲h̲sī]] (d. 483/1090) opposed it, holding that custom cannot prevail over a written text.<ref name="UrfEI" />

;Scriptural basis
The "maxim" that custom is an authoritative source for Islamic law "appears in the Quran and Hadith". One hadith narrated by Ibn Mas'ud stated 'Whatever the Muslim saw as good is [considered] good by God, and whatever the Muslim saw as evil is evil according to God.'" <ref name="IL&E-92">{{cite book | title=Islamic Law and Ethics |chapter=The Application of Maqasid al-Shariah in Islamic Chaplaincy |page=92 |editor=David R. Vishanoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YjT-DwAAQBAJ&q=ethical+codes+unique+to+islam |author=Kamal Abu-Shamsieh |date=2020 |publisher=IIIT |isbn=978-1-64205-346-3 |access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>