Definition that contains divine law
- sinning transgressing a moral or divine law
- ijtihad the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen
- mujtihad an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts