an attempt to derive a legal ruling from the Koran
Examples of 'ijtihad' in a sentence
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However, social and political problems lend themselves to continual application of ijtihad.
Muhammad Yousuf Faruqi 1993, 'Modes of Ijtihad in the Judgements of the Khulafa al- Rashidun', Intellectual Discoursehttp://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/329. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this way, they reject sublime and unchanging cognitive bases of ijtihad, which comprise religious revelation and rational knowledge.
Halilović Seid 2016, 'Ijtihad and Islam in the spirit of the age in Muhammad Iqbal and Ali Shariati SeidHalilović', Kom: Časopis za Religijske Naukehttp://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-6396/2016/2334-63961601057H.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)