Nass (Islam)

Nass (Arabic: نَصّ, romanized: naṣṣ) is an Arabic word variously translated as "a known, clear legal injunction," a "divine decree",^[1] a "designation",^[2] "written law" as opposed to unwritten law,^[3] "canonical text" that forbids or requires,^[4] a "textual proof".^[5]

In Shia Islam (Twelver and Isma'ili), nass refers specifically to the designation of an infallible Imam by a previous infallible Imam.^[2]

References

^ Qaiser, Shahzad (1985). Quest for the Eternal. Pakistan Publication. p. 33.
^ a b Sachedina, Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. SUNY Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780873954426.
^ Bearman, Peri; Peters, Rudolph (2016). The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 9781317043065. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ Khan, Muhammad Akram (2013). What Is Wrong with Islamic Economics?: Analysing the Present State and ... Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 9781782544159. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ Sachedina, Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. SUNY Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780873954426.

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[1] Qaiser, Shahzad (1985). Quest for the Eternal. Pakistan Publication. p. 33.

[Sachedina137-2] Sachedina, Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. SUNY Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780873954426.

[Bearman-2016-14-3] Bearman, Peri; Peters, Rudolph (2016). The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 9781317043065. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[Khan-2013-175-4] Khan, Muhammad Akram (2013). What Is Wrong with Islamic Economics?: Analysing the Present State and ... Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 9781782544159. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[5] Sachedina, Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. SUNY Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780873954426.