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| A '''Mujtahid''' (مجتهد, ''’muğtahid'') is a Muslim jurist who is qualified to interpret the law and thus to generate [[Ijtihad]].
| | #REDIRECT [[Ijtihad (Independent Reasoning in Islamic Law)]] |
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| The qualifications for a mujtahid were set out in the 11<sup>th</sup> century by Abul Husayn al-Basri in "al Mu’tamad fi Usul al-[[Fiqh]]". These were accepted by later [[Sunni]] scholars, including al-Ghazali, although al-Ghazali believed that [[Bid'ah|innovation]] had ended, as there was nobody qualified to be a Mujtahid. Such qualifications require proficiency in [[Shariah|Shari'ah]] and its interpretation.
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