Istiṣlāh
Istiṣlāh (Arab.). In Islamic law, the concept (not accepted by all schools of sharīʿa) of discerning the intended good of Qurʾān and ḥadīth injunctions in relation to the demands of human welfare (maṣlaḥa).
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