Rida's spiritual caliphate was to adhere to the general social and legal program of the "salafiyya". More precisely, it would envision that the "renaissance of Muslims is dependent on "ijtihad.""' Rida believed this "renaissance" should neither be led by the "hizb al-mutafarnijin" ("the Europeanized party"), which believed that religion was incompatible with modern civilization, nor by "hizb hashawiyyat al-fuqaha' al-jdmidin" (the party of the "reactionary jurists"), who refused to employ ijtihad in all aspects of mu'amalat (daily transactions). Instead, he called for leadership by "hizb al-islah al-islami al-mu'tadil" (a "moderate party of Islamic reform") which would "combine the necessary understanding of the essence of the "shar'ia" and the essence of the European civilization."