The Ruling on the Jurist's Effort and the Conditions for Independent Legal Reasoning
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Question:
A questioner asks: Does every mujtahid receive two rewards, even if he is merely a student of knowledge, or less, or simply a committed Muslim?
Answer:
No. The intended meaning of a mujtahid is one who meets the conditions of ijtihad that scholars have mentioned in the books of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence). It does not refer to every person who engages in ijtihad, nor to every layperson, nor to every innovator who engages in ijtihad. No, specific conditions of ijtihad known to the scholars of usul al-fiqh are required for this. Yes.
A questioner asks: Does every mujtahid receive two rewards, even if he is merely a student of knowledge, or less, or simply a committed Muslim?
Answer:
No. The intended meaning of a mujtahid is one who meets the conditions of ijtihad that scholars have mentioned in the books of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence). It does not refer to every person who engages in ijtihad, nor to every layperson, nor to every innovator who engages in ijtihad. No, specific conditions of ijtihad known to the scholars of usul al-fiqh are required for this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/123 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (46:58)
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