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ijtihaad

ijtihaad is the alternative form of ijtihad.

Meaning of ijtihad

Noun

ijtihad (countable and uncountable, plural ijtihads)

  1. The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.

Forms of ijtihaad

pluralijtihaads

Questions about ijtihaad

What is ijtihaad the alternative form of?
Ijtihaad is the alternative form of ijtihad.

Words near ijtihaad in the dictionary

  1. ijolites
  2. IJP
  3. IJS
  4. IJssel
  5. IJsselstein
  6. ijtihaad
  7. ijtihaads
  8. ijtihad
  9. ijtihads
  10. ijuk
  11. ijussite

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