The exercise of independent judgement on legal or theological questions.
Sites 3
- The Principle of Ijtihad in Islam An account of the concept from a Shia perspective.
- Ijtihad An article from Wikipedia.
- The Development of Ijtihad and Islamic Reform, 1750-1850 An academic paper (by Knut S Vikør, University of Bergen) analyses the use of the concept by reforming thinkers in the 19th century.