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mujtahid

[ mooj-tah-hid ]

noun

, Islam.
  1. a person who has been certified as capable of interpreting religious law.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mujtahid1

1805–15; < Arabic: literally, one who exerts himself; ijtihad
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Example Sentences

The patient consulted a Mujtahid who told him that it was against religion to part with any member of the body.

Patients for whom they have prescribed often consult the Mujtahid before taking the medicine.

He loses the right of private judgment, for only a Mujtahid of the first class can dispute the decision of one of the Imms.

After them it is the orthodox belief that there has been no Mujtahid.

He is no Mujtahid, for such there are not now amongst the Sunns, to which sect the Turks belong.

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