But ijtihadin the Sunni sense implies tashri` or legislation of laws...

But ijtihadin the Sunni sense implies tashri` or legislation of laws, which forms the part of the mujtahid's activity. In other words, in Sunni fiqh, ahkamor the laws of Shari'ah also expand along with the expansion and multiplication of the issues. The variety and number of the issues and applications and their external and objective diversity requires variety and diversity of the relevant ahkam.

Many a time, the general laws that cover those applications are not to be found in the Book and the Sunnah, as if those ahkamhave no relationship with the wahy. Like laws and regulations formulated by non-Muslim nations of the world for their societies, they are also the product of the mind and intellect of human individuals. On account of this, it is not…