The Analysis of the Views of the Ghazali on Discussion of Mistake-correct İjtihad

Problems that emerged after the Prophet’s death and was unavailable in nass (verses) led companions to ijtihad by ray and this application of companions was continued by ummah. At this point emerged problems of mistake-correct in ijtihad. In this discussion fuqahâ (jurist) was divided into two group generally. The first grup said that there is not verse about everything in Quran and Hadith. Therefore, on some issues it is necessary to ijtihad by ray. The second group said that there are verses about each issue in Quran and Hadith. In this regard there should be only one correct provision. They assessed the provisions except that correct one as a incorrect. At this point Ghazali was involved in first group.