Topic summary
Muftis
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Mufti.
Modern institutions
Muftis in modern times have increasingly relied on the process of ijtihad, i.e., deriving legal rulings through independent analysis rather than conformity with the opinions of earlier legal authorities (taqlid). While in the past muftis were associated with a particular school of law (madhhab), in the 20th century many muftis began to assert their intellectual independence from traditional schools of jurisprudence.