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Jurisprudence Ijtihad — Independent Legal Reasoning
When and how scholars exercise independent reasoning to derive new rulings from the Quran and Sunnah.
Jurisprudence Qiyas — Analogical Reasoning in Islamic Law
The fourth source of Islamic law: how scholars derive new rulings by analogy to existing ones.
Jurisprudence Ijtihad and Taqlid: Independent Reasoning and Following Scholarship
The Islamic legal concepts of independent juristic reasoning and following qualified scholars, and the balance between t...
Quran Tafsir bil-Ra'y: Reason-Based Interpretation
The methodology of interpreting the Quran through scholarly reasoning and ijtihad, its conditions for validity, and the differenc...