IJTIHAD is a
7
letter word starting with
I
and ending with
D
Definitions & Synonyms
noun -
IJTIHAD is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning or the thorough exertion of a person's mental faculty in finding a solution to a legal question.
the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen