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  1. ijmanoun

    the consensus of ummah (legal scholars) representing all Muslims; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence

  2. ijmanoun

    The consensus of the Muslim community.

  3. Etymology: إجماع

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  1. Ijma

    Ijmāʿ (Arabic: إجماع ʾiǧmāʿ [ʔɪd͡ʒˈmæːʕ], "consensus") is an Arabic term referring to the consensus or agreement of the Islamic community on a point of Islamic law. Sunni Muslims regard ijmā' as one of the secondary sources of Sharia law, after the Qur'an, and the Sunnah. Exactly what group should represent the Muslim community in reaching the consensus is not agreed on by the various schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Some believe it should be the Sahaba (the first generation of Muslims) only; others the consensus of the Salaf (the first three generations of Muslims); or the consensus of Islamic lawyers,: 472  the jurists and scholars of the Muslim world, i.e. scholarly consensus; or the consensus of all the Muslim world, both scholars and lay people. The opposite of ijma (i.e., lack of consensus on a point of Islamic law) is called ikhtilaf.

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  1. Ijma

    Ijmāʿ is an Arabic term referring to the consensus or agreement of the Muslim community. Various schools of thought within Islamic jurisprudence may define this consensus as that of the first generation of Muslims only; the consensus of the first three generations of Muslims; the consensus of the jurists and scholars of the Muslim world, or scholarly consensus; or the consensus of all the Muslim world, both scholars and laymen.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ijma in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ijma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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