English Explanatory Dictionary

ijma'

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A universal consensus among fuqaha (Sunni legal scholars) on a point of law; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence.

Word forms

ijma' ijma

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”).

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