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 |
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| Ijma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341056 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ijma Context triple: [Qiyas, distinguishedFrom, Ijma]
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A.
International Islamic Fiqh Academy
The International Islamic Fiqh Academy is a leading scholarly body that issues collective Islamic legal opinions and guidance on contemporary issues for member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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B.
Dar al-Islam
Dar al-Islam is the collective realm of Muslim-majority lands historically unified by Islamic law, culture, and religious authority.
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C.
Muftiate of Crimea
The Muftiate of Crimea is the central Islamic religious authority representing and organizing the spiritual, educational, and communal life of Crimean Tatars in Crimea.
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D.
Shafi'i school
The Shafi'i school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its systematic methodology in deriving Islamic law from the Qur'an, Hadith, consensus, and analogical reasoning.
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E.
As-Samad
As-Samad is one of the names of Allah in Islam, signifying the One who is absolutely self-sufficient, eternally depended upon by all creation, and free of all need.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ijma Target entity description: 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.
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A.
International Islamic Fiqh Academy
The International Islamic Fiqh Academy is a leading scholarly body that issues collective Islamic legal opinions and guidance on contemporary issues for member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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B.
Dar al-Islam
Dar al-Islam is the collective realm of Muslim-majority lands historically unified by Islamic law, culture, and religious authority.
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C.
Muftiate of Crimea
The Muftiate of Crimea is the central Islamic religious authority representing and organizing the spiritual, educational, and communal life of Crimean Tatars in Crimea.
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D.
Shafi'i school
The Shafi'i school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its systematic methodology in deriving Islamic law from the Qur'an, Hadith, consensus, and analogical reasoning.
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E.
As-Samad
As-Samad is one of the names of Allah in Islam, signifying the One who is absolutely self-sufficient, eternally depended upon by all creation, and free of all need.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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Sharia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ijma Description of subject: 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.
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