The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Ijtihad means arriving at a ruling ]

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And know that ijtihad is not about pronouncing a ruling that is wrong, but rather legitimate ijtihad in seeking evidence from the Qur’an or the Sunnah, consensus, and Arab understanding to prove a ruling on that issue with that evidence that you worked hard to collect and know about in your claim. This is ijtihad, for God Almighty and His Messenger. He did not leave anything except that he had stipulated it and did not leave it neglected, for God Almighty says, “Today I have perfected for you your religion,” and after perfection has been established, no increase is accepted, for an increase in the debt is a decrease in the religion, and that is the law that God did not authorize. Among the moral inheritance is what is opened to you in terms of understanding in the Book. And in the movements of the entire world, as for the divine inheritance, it is the form of divine manifestation that occurs to you in yourself when it is revealed to you in it, for you do not see it except through


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