Directory of Ijtihad Resources

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The exercise of independent judgement on legal or theological questions.

Resources in This Category

• Ijtihad

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijtihad
  An article from Wikipedia.

• The Development of Ijtihad and Islamic Reform, 1750-1850

  http://www.smi.uib.no/paj/Vikor.html
  An academic paper (by Knut S Vikør, University of Bergen) analyses the use of the concept by reforming thinkers in the 19th century.

• The Principle of Ijtihad in Islam

  http://www.al-islam.org/al-serat/ijtihad.htm
  An account of the concept from a Shia perspective.

 

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