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Ijma vs Ijtihad - What's the difference?

ijma | ijtihad |

In islam terms the difference between ijma and ijtihad

is that ijma is the consensus of the Muslim community 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.

ijma

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia ijma)
  • (Islam) The consensus of the Muslim community.

    • 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)