Manner of the Wise

Manner of the wise is one of the major concepts in many different debates in “fiqh” and “usūl”. Jurists have discussed about this concept in many different times. Two things have caused some ambiguities and complexities in thinkers’ views about the manner of the wise: On the one hand, jurists’ different understandings of this concept and the absence of an agreement on its quiddity and on the other hand, the resembelance of this concept to some other concepts such as custom, habit, consensus, manner of Muslims or even intellect and intellectual reason. Two different approaches about the quiddity of the manner of the wise will be mentioned and explained in this paper.It should be mentioned that the the manner of the wise consists of three elements: relying on wisdom, ignoring a special religion or language and considering absence of a rational procedure against it.