Is it permissible to exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in matters of creed by analogy to matters of jurisprudence?

Question:
Is it permissible to exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in matters of creed by analogy to matters of jurisprudence?

Answer:
Is it permissible to do what? To exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in matters of creed. My brother, we have repeated this to you, and how many times have we said it? Creed is based on revelation; it is not permissible to exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in it. One must only follow the evidence, following what has come in the evidence. Independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) does not apply to it. This is only in the branches, in jurisprudence, in deriving rulings. That is where independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) exists. As for creeds, they are based on revelation. We believe in what has come in the evidence, and we do not believe in what has not come in the evidence. Yes.