mujtihad

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Noun mujtihad has 1 sense

mujtihad - an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts
--₁ is a kind of scholar, scholarly person, student; Muslim, Moslem, Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan, Islamist

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mujtihad

Noun:

A learned Muslim jurist who exercises independent judgment in interpreting and applying Islamic law.

Sample Sentence:

Many Muslims consider Ayatollah Khomeini as a great mujtihad who played a significant role in shaping Islamic law.

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