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Ijtihad literally means "to endeavor, strive, put oneself out, work hard." In Islamic legal terminology it means “the process of deriving the laws of the shari'ah from its sources.”. Mujtahid means a person who does ijtihad or who is an expert of Islamic laws. Fiqh literally means knowledge, and in Islamic terminology it means the ...
(1) In switching from one mujtahid to another mujtahid, one should act according to the religious verdicts of the second one. It does not need to get the permission of the first mujtahid to do this.27 (2) If the most knowledgeable mujtahid has not passed a verdict on a particular issue, a mukallaf may get that ruling from another mujtahid.
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Aug 1, 2008 · Maulana Abu al Ala Moududi has written in his book Tafhumaat vol1, "Muhaddithin may have also human weakness or errors. They were also human and may also have enmities with narrator. So, it may be possible that a muhaddith may declare a rawi or narrator of a hadith as zaeef because he may dislike him."Maulana has also cited some examples of ...
Quran says: Ask those who have the knowledge if you don't know. فاسألوا أهل الذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمون Sura Al-Anbiyaa, verse 7. Obviously we can not ask a dead scholar no matter how high was his knowledge. Mujtahid must be alive to understand the exact situation of any matter then deduct the Islamic rule of it from ...
First to know is that there are levels for Mujtahids, what we are talking about here is the "Unlimited Mujtahid" (Mujtahid Motlak المجتهد المطلق), which is the highest level. There is a quote of Imam Shafei (may Allah be merciful to his majesty) that describes who can derive fatwas, i.e, who is a qualified mujtahid:
He (the inquirer) said: Inform me about Iman (faith). He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in His Apostles, in the Day of Judgment, and you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil. He (the inquirer) said: You have told the truth. He (the inquirer) again said: Inform ...
The qualities a mujtahid must possess: 1) He must be highly knowledgeable about all the delicacies and fine points of Arabic. 2) He must be well qualified in every science related to the Quran. 3) He must know all the issues on which a definite decision is achieved in order not to act contrary to the agreement of religious authorities.
