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	'''Ijtihad''' (اجتهاد‎, ’iğtihād) is a technical term of [[Shariah\|Islamic law]] that describes the process of making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the legal sources, the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Sunnah]]. The opposite of ijtihad is taqlid, [[Arabic]] for "imitation".		'''Ijtihad''' (اجتهاد‎, ’iğtihād) is a technical term of [[Shariah\|Islamic law]] that describes the process of making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the legal sources, the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Sunnah]]. The opposite of ijtihad is taqlid, [[Arabic]] for "imitation".