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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Ijtihaad

 جتهاد

Literally, striving and self-exertion; independent reasoning; analytical thought.


Ijtihaad may involve the interpretation of the source materials, inference of rules from them, or giving a legal verdict or decision on any issue on which there is no specific guidance in the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

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