What is the definition of Sharia?
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According to scholars, is what Allah has legislated for His servants in terms of doctrinal, practical, or ethical rulings. Recently, it has become common to apply the term specifically to practical rulings, based on His (the Most High) saying: "For each We have appointed a divine law and a way." The difference between the laws of the prophets lies in the practical, subsidiary matters, while the fundamental rulings are one and the same in all heavenly laws.
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