Ijtihad
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ijtihad-161-8785247
title:
Ijtihad
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Ijtihad is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a legal question. It is contrasted with taqlid. According to classical Sunni theory, ijtihad requires expertise in the Arabic language, theology, revealed texts, and principles of jurisprudence, and is not employed where authentic and authoritative texts are considered unambiguous with regard to the question, or where ther
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Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijtihad
date created:
2003-01-06T02:00:16Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T08:06:36Z
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