Ijtihad

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounThe process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.

Synonyms

ijtihaad mujtahid ijma'taqlid ijma fiqh fiqih istikhara fatwa qiyas jihad fiq'h

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