Ijma
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Ijma is an Islamic legal principle referring to the consensus of qualified scholars on a religious or legal issue, serving as a source of Sharia alongside the Quran and Sunnah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ijma canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal principle
ⓘ
principle of Usul al‑Fiqh ⓘ source of Islamic law ⓘ |
| aimsTo | preserve doctrinal and legal unity of the Muslim community ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
legal issues
ⓘ
religious issues ⓘ |
| basedOn | hadith about the community not agreeing on misguidance ⓘ |
| consideredSourceAlongside |
Quran
ⓘ
Sunnah ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
individual opinion (ra’y)
ⓘ
isolated scholarly view (shadh opinion) ⓘ |
| definedAs | consensus of qualified scholars on a religious or legal issue ⓘ |
| disputedBy |
Zahiri school of law
ⓘ
surface form:
Zahiri school
some Shia scholars ⓘ |
| epistemicStatus | considered to yield certainty (yaqin) by many Sunni usulis ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
must not contradict Quran
ⓘ
must not contradict authentic Sunnah ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
closes further ijtihad on that specific issue in many views
ⓘ
makes ruling binding on the community ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalDevelopment | systematized by early Sunni jurists such as al‑Shafi‘i ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | consensus ⓘ |
| hasRole |
deriving legal rulings
ⓘ
providing certainty in law ⓘ resolving new legal issues ⓘ |
| hasType |
explicit consensus
ⓘ
local consensus ⓘ tacit consensus ⓘ universal consensus ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| normativeStatus | authoritative proof in Sunni legal theory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Usul al-fiqh
ⓘ
surface form:
Usul al‑Fiqh
|
| rankInSourcesOfLaw | third after Quran and Sunnah in Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
many classical Muslim jurists ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ijtihad
Qiyas ⓘ |
| requires |
agreement of qualified mujtahids
ⓘ
knowledge of all relevant scholarly opinions in its scope ⓘ |
| scope |
can be limited to scholars of a particular era
ⓘ
can be limited to scholars of a particular region according to some views ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Muslim jurists
ⓘ
fuqaha ⓘ mujtahids ⓘ |
| usedFor |
extending rulings to new circumstances
ⓘ
interpreting ambiguous texts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Sharia ⓘ |
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