Alla Aamadi in his renowned work Al-Ahkam fiusul al-Ahkam.” says:
“In the terminology of the jurists Ijtihad is restricted that utmost effort which is exerted to form an opini about any legal matter as to whether it is in consonance w the Shari’ah.” vem mailasdil Imam Shatibi, another Muslim jurist, says in Al-Muwafigat: “Ijtihad is that utmost effort which is made to disco the divine commandment (Ahkam-i-Shari’at) and to app the same over newer situations.
