ijtihad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِهَاد (ijtihād, “diligence”).

Noun

ijtihad (countable and uncountable, plural ijtihads)

1. (Islam) The process of Muslim jurists making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the Qur'an and the Sunna.

Related terms

• mujtahid

See also

• ijtihad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia