Teaching, Learning and Their Proprieties: Is Completing the Path to Ijtihād an Individual Obligation for a Capable Student?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Teaching, Learning and Their Proprieties:: Is Completing the Path to Ijtihād an Individual Obligation for a Capable Student?
English:
Question #1311:
A theology student has finished the first stage of his study. He is confident that he can carry on attaining the level of ijtihād. Does it become obligatory on him, as an ‘aynī obligation, to finish his studies?
Answer #1311:
There is no doubt that to gain religious knowledge and to peruse it up to the attainment of the level of ijtihād is a great merit in itself. However, the mere ability to reach the level of ijtihād does not make it an ‘aynī obligation on the student to do so.