HyperDic: mujtihad

English > 1 sense of the word mujtihad:
NOUNperson mujtihadan Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts
English > mujtihad: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningAn Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts.
BroaderMuslim, MoslemA believer in or follower of Islam
scholar, scholarly person, bookman, studentA learned person (especially in the humanities)

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