Fresh Ijtihad sebagai Upaya dalam Meretas Tertutupnya Pintu Ijtihad

This paper aims to describe the development of Islamic law and fresh ijtihad as an effort to break open the closed door of ijtihad. The focus of this research is how is the development of Islamic law regarding the closing of the door to ijtihad and how is the paradigm of fresh ijtihad? This type of research is library research on Islamic fiqh books, articles, and journals. The results of the study show that the closing of the door to ijtihad has implications for the development of Islamic law, namely the development of fiqh after the door to ijtihad is closed. The implication of closing the door of ijtihad is the main reason for the weakness of creativity in ijtihad, not only because of the spread of the spirit of piety, but also because of the decline of civilization in Islam. Systematic and epistemic fresh ijtihad thinking is needed, so as not to get trapped in the dogmatism of certain fiqh schools.