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''Mujtahid'' - a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence considered sufficiently competent in the field to be able to engage in ijtihad.
''Mujtahid'' - a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence considered sufficiently competent in the field to be able to engage in ijtihad.


=== Ahkam ===
===Ahkam===
There are, generally, "five rulings" (الأحكام الخمسة, or ''al-aḥkām al-khamsa'') that any action can be categorized under according to the theory of Fiqh:
There are, generally, "five rulings" (الأحكام الخمسة, or ''al-aḥkām al-khamsa'') that any action can be categorized under according to the theory of Fiqh:


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==The Principles of Jurisprudence (''Usul al-Fiqh'')==
==The Principles of Jurisprudence (''Usul al-Fiqh'')==
The jurisprudential methodology (''Usul al-Fiqh'', lit. "the Principles of Jurisprudence") developed by the schools of Islamic law comprise of a hierarchy of various proofs, or ''adillah'' (sing. ''[[daleel]]''). Though this hierarchy differs for every school of Islamic law, the all agree that the Qur'an, hadith, Ijma (scholarly concensus), and Qiyas (analogy) are, in that order, among the first five daleels.
The jurisprudential methodology (''Usul al-Fiqh'', lit. "the Principles of Jurisprudence") developed by the schools of Islamic law comprise of [[Daleel|a hierarchy of various proofs, or ''adillah'' (sing. ''daleel'')]]. Though this hierarchy differs for every school of Islamic law, the all agree that the Qur'an, hadith, Ijma (scholarly concensus), and Qiyas (analogy) are, in that order, among the first five daleels.


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