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	'''Ijtihad''' (اجتهاد‎, ’iğtihād) is a technical term of [[Shariah\|Islamic law]] and [[jurisprudence]] that describes the process of making a legal decision by independent interpretation of Islamic (the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Hadith]]), particular as relates to legal matters. The opposite of ijtihad is ''taqlid'', which is [[Arabic]] for "imitation". Ijtihad is only used on matters of Islamic law for which no there are no unambiguous texts found in scripture.		'''Ijtihad''' (اجتهاد‎, ’iğtihād) is a technical term of [[Shariah\|Islamic law]] and [[jurisprudence]] that describes the process of making a legal decision by independent interpretation of Islamic (the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Hadith]]), particular as relates to legal matters. The opposite of ijtihad is ''taqlid'', which is [[Arabic]] for "imitation". Ijtihad is only used on matters of Islamic law for which no there are no unambiguous texts found in scripture.