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IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-300: ADAKAH NABI MUHAMMAD SAW BERIJTIHAD?
Did Prophet Muhammad SAW exercise ijtihad in religious matters, or was everything he said and did revelation?
Short answer
The Prophet's ijtihad is divided into worldly affairs and matters of Sharia.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Legal Theory & Methodology
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The Prophet's ijtihad is divided into worldly affairs and matters of Sharia. Scholars are reported to have a consensus that prophets may exercise ijtihad in worldly affairs. On Sharia rulings, Ibn Hazm disallowed it, but the majority of scholars permit it, supported by the siwak hadith, which al-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar regarded as the soundest view. Surah al-Najm verse 3 is understood by al-Shawkani and Wahbah al-Zuhaili as referring to the Quran, and the majority hold that he could err in worldly matters only, not in religion.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-300: ADAKAH NABI MUHAMMAD SAW BERIJTIHAD?”, 23 March 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/3223-irsyad-al-fatwa-siri-ke-300-adakah-nabi-muhammad-saw-berijtihad. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/did-prophet-muhammad-exercise-ijtihad/