What's the difference between Ijtihaad and Qiyaas?
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Question
What's the difference between Ijtihaad and Qiyaas?
Answer
Ijtihaad is the work of an imaam who has the salaahiyat for ijtihaad, and qiyaas is to extend the analogy.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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