In Islamic legislation Ijtihad plays an important role and has central position in the whole process. Demands of life change day by day thus it become necessary to take on the structural review of Islamic laws keeping in mind the spirit and discipline of Islamic. Ijtihad thus play as a perfect tool for legislation.

What is ijtihad and its importance?

According to Imam Ghazali (a philosopher of islamic golden age), ijtihad means to expand once capacity in certain matter and use it to the utmost. Some scholars have defined it as a mean of expanding to the fullest capacity by the mujtahid in seeking the knowledge of shariah.

What is the concept of ijtihad?

Ijtihād, (Arabic: “effort”) in Islamic law, the independent or original interpretation of problems not precisely covered by the Qurʾān, Hadith (traditions concerning the Prophet Muhammad's life and utterances), and ijmāʿ (scholarly consensus).