ثم إجماع نصّ البعض وسكوت الباقين، فهو بمنزلة المتواتر.
The agreement inferred from some explicit statements and the others’ silence is compared with a mutawatir report.
The comparison expresses its strong legal force, yet it is ranked below expressly unanimous Companion agreement. In the former, every relevant person’s approval is explicit; in this category, some assent is inferred from silence.
Calling both “consensus” must not erase this difference in how the agreement is established.
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Authority, Ranks and Composite Forms of Ijma
ثم إجماع نصّ البعض وسكوت الباقين، فهو بمنزلة المتواتر.
The agreement inferred from some explicit statements and the others’ silence is compared with a mutawatir report.
The comparison expresses its strong legal force, yet it is ranked below expressly unanimous Companion agreement. In the former, every relevant person’s approval is explicit; in this category, some assent is inferred from silence.
Calling both “consensus” must not erase this difference in how the agreement is established.