مجتہد

mujtahid (act. part. of اجتہد , viii of (and syn. with) جہد 'to strive, to exert oneself,' etc.), part. adj. Striving; laborious, painstaking;—contending (against), waging war (esp. against infidels);—s.m. A superior or superintendent in religious matters, spiritual director, a prelate;—the highest degree to which the learned in (Moḥammadan) law attain; the highest authority in jurisprudence; a jurist (pl. mujtahidīn).