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Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning
Ijtihad ( IJ-tə-HAHD; , lit. 'physical effort' or 'mental effort') is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a legal question. It is contrasted with taqlid (imitation, conformity to legal precedent). Wikipedia