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Urf, is a social custom that is considered a source of law. In Islamic jurisprudence, Urf refers to local custom and the Mufti or Qadi's intimate familiarity thereof. In Usul-ul-Fiqh, it is one of the sources of law when a thing or action is not expressly regulated in the Qur'an, the Sunnah, or other more preferred sources.
 * 1) Derived from the Arabic root "arafa" (to know), "urf" literally means "that which is known."
 * 2) A source of Islamic Jurisprudence.