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Ijtihad vs Qiyas - What's the difference?

ijtihad | qiyas |

In islam terms the difference between ijtihad and qiyas

is that 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 while qiyas is the use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence.

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)

    qiyas

    English

    (wikipedia qiyas)

    Noun

  • (Islam) The use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence.
    • English words containing Q not followed by U