What is ijtihād? Can it still happen today?
Ijtihād is a qualified scholar's exercise of reasoning to derive a legal ruling where text is silent or ambiguous. The Prophet ﷺ praised the mujtahid who tries — even when he errs, he is rewarded once.
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