that the restriction is consensual and not precautionary, or a specification for the general rule.

or an explanation of the apparent difference between the explicitly stated text and that which is analogized to it.

or the removal of one of the customs of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance.

or the lifting of a law from the previous laws.

[The breadth of the scope of abrogation among the early scholars:]

And thus the door of abrogation widened among them and they expanded its subject, and the intellect had a vast scope in it, and disagreement had a wide place in it.

And therefore the abrogated verses reached five hundred verses, nay, if you examine the view closely you will find them not restricted by a number.

The meaning of abrogation according to the later scholars:

As for the abrogated according to the terminology of the later scholars of legal theory, it does not exceed the few number, especially according to the viewpoint that we have chosen.

The stance of Al-Suyuti in Al-Itqan:

And indeed Sheikh Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti mentioned in his book "Al-Itqan"

after his presenting of what was narrated from the scholars in this chapter with expansion and detail according to what befits the subject - the abrogated verses according to the opinion