al-Ijma'

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
source of Islamic law
gptkbp:basisFor deriving Islamic legal rulings
gptkbp:debatedBy Islamic jurists
gptkbp:defines consensus of Muslim scholars on a point of Islamic law
gptkbp:etymology Arabic root 'jama'a' meaning 'to gather' or 'to agree'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label al-Ijma'
gptkbp:importantFor establishes binding legal rulings
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:mentions classical Islamic scholars
gptkbp:not_accepted_by some minority sects
gptkbp:rank_in_sources_of_law third after Qur'an and Sunnah
gptkbp:recognizedBy Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Ijtihad
gptkb:Qiyas
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ibn_al-Mundhir
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7