What is the meaning of "the verse of five sucklings," "Surat al-Khul‘," and "Surat al-Hafd," which Al-Shanqītī mentioned as examples of the Sunnah abrogating the Qur’an?
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Scholars have differed on the issue of abrogation of the Qur’an by the , but the verified position is the permissibility and occurrence of abrogating the Qur’an by the mutawatir (concurrently transmitted) Sunnah. Examples of this include: the abrogation of the verse of five sucklings, which was "ten known sucklings make unlawful," then abrogated by "five known ones," and the abrogation of Surahs al-Khal‘ and al-Hafd.
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