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Alfaz (principles of Islamic jurisprudence)
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Alfaz in the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Persian:الفاظ در علم اصول فقه) is a preliminary subject concerned with analysis of verbals and concepts due to acquiring religious judgments and sharia.These issues often deal with subjects in the fields of philosophy of language and semantics . The subject counteds as the oldest in the Principles of Islamic jurisprudence .
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preliminary subject concerned with analysis of verbals and concepts due to acquiring religious judgments and sh
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preliminary subject concerned with analysis of words and concepts in religious judgments and sharia
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