Ijtihad Definition

noun

(Islam) The process of Muslim jurists making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the Qur'an and the Sunna; such a jurist is a mujtahid.

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Origin of Ijtihad

  • Arabic اجتهاد (ijtihād, “diligence”).

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