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 "id": "concept/aqal-ma-qila",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "aqal-ma-qila",
 "label": {
  "ar": "أقل ما قيل",
  "en": "Aqal ma qila (the least of what was said)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "أقل ما قيل أصل أصولي: إذا اختلف الصحابة في مقدار على أقوال أُخذ بأقلها ما لم يدل دليل على الزيادة، كاختلافهم في دية اليهودي. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232} ويقابله الأخذ بأكثر ما قيل. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232} وأثبته الشافعي والباقلاني، ونفاه ابن حزم. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3233}",
  "en": "Aqal ma qila is a usuli principle: when the companions differ on an amount with several sayings, the least is taken unless evidence points to more; the example is the blood-money of a Jew. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232} The opposite is to take the most. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232} al-Shafi'i and al-Baqillani hold it valid; Ibn Hazm denies it. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3233}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "law-and-courts"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya (Noor copy), headword «أقل ما قيل», p.3232 of the scan (ends where «اكتحال» begins on the same page). Footnote citations omitted.",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w02-9"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "التعريف",
     "markdown": "الأخذ بأقل ما قيل عند الأصوليين أن يختلف الصحابة في أمر مُقدَّر على أقوال، فيؤخذ بأقلها إذا لم يدل دليل على الزيادة. ومثاله اختلافهم في دية اليهودي: أمساوية لدية المسلم، أم نصفها، أم ثلثها؟ فالقول بالثلث أخذ بأقل ما قيل. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}\nويقاربه الأخذ بأخف ما قيل، والفرق بينهما من حيث الكم والكيف. ويقابله الأخذ بأكثر ما قيل. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحكم",
     "markdown": "اختلف الأصوليون في الأخذ بأقل ما قيل هل هو دليل يعتمد لإثبات الحكم. فأثبته الشافعي والباقلاني من المالكية، وحكى القاضي عبد الوهاب إجماع أهل النظر عليه عند بعضهم. ونفاه ابن حزم، وحكى قولا بأن يؤخذ بأكثر ما قيل ليخرج المكلف من عهدة التكليف بيقين. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3233}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مواطن البحث",
     "markdown": "يُذكر في مبحث الاستدلال، وهو عند الأصوليين ما ليس بنص ولا إجماع ولا قياس. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/aqal-ma-qila",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Definition",
     "markdown": "In usul, taking the least of what was said means that when companions disagreed on a set amount, and gave several sayings, the least is taken unless evidence points higher. The example is their disagreement on the blood-money of a Jew: equal to a Muslim's, half, or a third. Taking a third is taking the least said. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}\nIt is close to taking the lightest, which differs in quantity and in kind. Its opposite is taking the most. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ruling",
     "markdown": "Usulis disagree on whether it is a proof. al-Shafi'i and al-Baqillani held it valid, and al-Qadi Abd al-Wahhab is said to have reported agreement among some. Ibn Hazm denied it and reported the view that one should take the most to be certain of discharging the obligation. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3233}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Where it is treated",
     "markdown": "It is discussed under istidlal, which in usul means proofs that are neither text, consensus nor analogy. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/aqal-ma-qila",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "تعریف",
     "markdown": "اصولیین کے نزدیک أقل ما قیل سے مراد یہ ہے کہ صحابہ کسی مقدار میں مختلف ہوں اور کئی اقوال ہوں تو کم ترین قول لیا جائے، جب تک کسی دلیل سے زیادتی ثابت نہ ہو۔ مثال: یہودی کی دیت کے بارے میں اختلاف۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "شافعی اور باقلانی اسے دلیل مانتے ہیں؛ ابن حزم اس کے منکر ہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3232}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3233}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/aqal-ma-qila",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/ahliyya",
  "concept/al-dimuqratiyya-wal-sharia",
  "concept/al-fatwa-ala-al-fadaiyyat",
  "concept/al-ilmaniyya-wal-islam",
  "concept/al-rajm",
  "concept/allusion-to-proposal-in-iddah",
  "concept/aman",
  "concept/amana"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}