That the restriction is consensual and not precautionary, or a specification of the general rule.
Or an outward clarification of the difference between the textually stated and that measured against it.
Or the removal of one of the pre-Islamic customs.
Or the lifting of a legislation from the previous legislations.
سَعَةُThe breadth ofمَجَالِthe scope ofالنَّسْخِabrogationعِنْدَamongالْمُتَقَدِّمِينَ:the early scholars:
The breadth of the scope of abrogation among the early scholars:
وَهَكَذَاAnd thusاتَّسَعَexpandedبَابُthe chapter ofالنَّسْخِabrogationعِنْدَهُمْwith themوَتَوَسَّعُواand they expandedفِيinمَوْضُوعِهِ،its subject,وَكَانَand there wasلِلْعَقْلِfor the intellectفِيهِin itمَجَالٌa spaciousفَسِيحٌ،field,وَلِلِاخْتِلَافِand for disagreementفِيهِin itمَكَانٌa wideوَاسِعٌ.place.
And thus the chapter of abrogation expanded among them and they expanded its scope, and the intellect had a spacious field in it, and disagreement had a wide place in it.
وَلِذَلِكَAnd thereforeبَلَغَتِreachedالْآيَاتُthe versesالْمَنْسُوخَةُabrogatedإِلَىtoخَمْسُمِائَةِfive hundredآيَةٍ،verse,بَلْnayإِذَاifحَقَّقْتَyou examine deeplyالنَّظَرَthe viewتَجِدُهَاyou will find themغَيْرَun-مَحْصُورَةٍrestrictedبِعَدَدٍ.by a number.
And therefore the abrogated verses reached five hundred verses, nay, if you examine deeply you will find them unrestricted by a number.
مَعْنَىThe meaning ofالنَّسْخِabrogationعِنْدَaccording toالْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ:the later scholars:
The meaning of abrogation according to the later scholars:
أَمَّاAs forالْمَنْسُوخُthe abrogatedحَسَبَaccording toاصْطِلَاحِthe terminology ofالْمُتَأَخِّرِينَthe laterالْأُصُولِيِّينَjurisprudent scholarsفَإِنَّهُthen itلَاdoes notيَتَجَاوَزُexceedالْعَدَدَthe numberالْقَلِيلَ،small,لَاnotسِيَّمَاespeciallyحَسَبَaccording toوِجْهَةِthe viewpointالنَّظَرِof viewالَّتِيwhichاخْتَرْنَاهَا.we have chosen.
As for the abrogated according to the terminology of the later fundamentalist scholars, it does not exceed the small number, especially according to the viewpoint we have chosen.
مَوْقِفُThe stance ofالسُّيُوطِيِّAl-Suyutiفِيinالْإِتْقَانِ:Al-Itqan:
The stance of Al-Suyuti in Al-Itqan:
وَقَدْAnd indeedذَكَرَmentionedالشَّيْخُthe SheikhجَلَالُJalalالدِّينِAl-DinالسُّيُوطِيُّAl-Suyutiفِيinكِتَابِهِhis bookالْإِتْقَانِ"Al-Itqan"بَعْدَafterإِيرَادِهِhis citingلِمَاof whatرُوِيَwas narratedعَنِfromالْعُلَمَاءِthe scholarsفِيinهَذَاthisالْبَابِchapterبَبَسْطٍwith expoundingوَتَفْصِيلٍand detailحَسَبَمَاaccording to whatيَلِيقُis befittingبِالْمَوْضُوعِfor the subjectالْآيَاتِ- the versesالْمَنْسُوخَةِabrogatedحَسَبَaccording toرَأْيِthe opinion of
And the Sheikh Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti mentioned in his book "Al-Itqan" - after citing what was narrated from the scholars in this chapter with exposition and detail as befitting the subject - the abrogated verses according to the opinion of