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This document discusses the concept of justice, equity, and good conscience as a source of Islamic law. It provides background on where the phrase originated from in Roman law and how it was introduced and implemented in England and British colonial India. The phrase allowed judges to make rulings in cases not explicitly covered by existing laws based on fundamental principles of fairness. In Islamic law, similar concepts included istihsan in the Hanafi school, which allowed overriding strict legal analogy
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