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Fatwa vs Ijtihad - What's the difference?

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In islam terms the difference between fatwa and ijtihad

is that fatwa is a legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer while ijtihad is the process of Muslim jurists making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the Qur'an and the Sunna; such a jurist is a mujtahid.

As a verb fatwa

is to make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.

fatwa

English

(wikipedia fatwa)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (label) A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.
    • I think the fatwas on that website are totally unreliable .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.

    • Alternative forms

    * fatwah

    Anagrams

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    ijtihad

    English

    Noun

  • (Islam) the process of Muslim jurists making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the Qur'an and the Sunna; such a jurist is a mujtahid

    • See also

    * ("ijtihad" on Wikipedia)