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passed in darkness: lights kindled in the daytime on Friday must be extinguished at nightfall, for it is forbidden to pass the
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in a fashion opposed to the traditional interpretation and make this principle the foundation of a new religious sect. He must next get his partisans to secure the presence of the caliph himself at the trial, which was not an unusual thing for important prosecutions. Anan was to declare that his
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he interpreted as "relatives," etc. Anan's method of interpretation, however, was distinct from its Muslim counterpart in that he primarily built upon analogy of expressions (similar to Muslim
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