ijtihad within a school of Islamic law (الاجـْتِهَادُ في الْمَذْهَب)
أصول الفقه
التعريف :
A case of ijtihad in which a qualified scholar follows one of the independent leading scholars of the recognised schools of Islamic law, implementing their principles and rules of deduction to arrive at a religious ruling that was not stated by the founder of the school.