Nasikh and Mansookh

Question 1

What is the linguistic meaning of Nasikh?

Answer 1

Removal like ‘the sun removed the shade’ or to copy like ‘I copied the book’.

Question 2

What is the technical meaning of Nasikh?

Answer 2

The legislator (Allah (s.w.t)) replacing a former ruling with a newer one.

Question 3

What are the 4 ways to differentiate between the Nasikh and Mansookh?

Answer 3

1: Statement of Nabi (s.a.w)

2: Statement of Sahabah

3: Knowing the time of occurence

4: Concensus of Ulamma