regional collective ijtihad (الاجـْتِهَادُ الْجَمَاعِيّ الإِقـْلِيميّ)
أصول الفقه
التعريف :
A number of scholars qualified for ijtihad, as well as scholars highly specialised in the subject matter under discussion, belonging to a particular region, exert their best efforts in consultation together to arrive at the proper Islamic ruling.