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suffused with justice and with the means by which justice is recognized. Analogy is invoked on its own only when no explicit text is available; in that situation it becomes the foundational recourse when all else is unattainable. It also reinforces the textual evidence, for everything to which the Lawgiver has assigned a clear ruling is in accord with analogy, never in opposition to it.
متضمن للعدل، وما يعرف به العدل.
والقياس إنما يعدل إليه وحده إذا فقد النص، فهو أصل يرجع إليه إذا تعذر غيره.
وهو مؤيد للنص، فجميع ما نص الشارع على حكمه فهو موافق للقياس لا مخالف له.