ijtihad
IPA: ɪjtɪhæd
noun
- (Islam) The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.
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Examples of "ijtihad" in Sentences
- Many many more people have Ijtihad certificate.
- Nowadays Ijtihad used with different connotation.
- Ijtihad literally means striving or self exertion.
- Kadivar graduated with a degree in ijtihad in 1997.
- Ijtihad only has meaning in modern discussion if they did.
- Ijtihad would fit in with that, but it's not a source itself.
- Akhbari, similar to Usulis, however reject ijtihad in favor of hadith.
- In the Shi'a schools, they have continued with ijtihad to the present day.
- No it is certainly necessary to have Sunni ijtihad and Shi'a ijtihad separate.