which could be determined by consulting works of prominent jurists, was used to confirm a ruling so that it could not be reopened for further discussion. The cases for which there was a consensus account form less than 1 percent of the body of classical jurisprudence.

The opposite of Ijma (i.e., lack of consensus on a point of Islamic law) is called ikhtilaf.

Proof of the validity of Ijma

In the Quran

Imam Al-Shafi'i was once approached

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