The Quran was not initially treated as a legal source

Evidence

It remains a focus of intense curiosity that the Quran, with all its importance to Muslims from the beginning, did not make it to the rank of a “legal” source, but was instead kept on the side for nearly a century before it was brought in, as “an afterthought,” to endorse, with a final stamp of approval, the naturalization of the process of “borrowings.” — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 511

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the timeline of the Quran’s entry into legal discourse, challenging the assumption that it was always the primary legal source.