LessonsIjma‘: Definition, Authority, Four Types and Legal RulingsQuiz

«حكمه: هو قطعي بمنزلة آية من كتاب الله تعالى، فيكفر جاحده»
The source calls this type definitive, comparable in evidentiary force to a Qur’anic verse, and assigns disbelief to its denial as a general doctrinal ruling.

“Like a verse” compares evidentiary strength; it does not mean consensus becomes Qur’anic revelation. The book gives this type its strongest degree of authority.

Important limit: Such a general classification in a classical usul text is not permission to declare a particular person an unbeliever. Applying such a judgment to an individual involves distinct conditions and impediments not examined here.

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Ruling of the first type

Ijma‘: Definition, Authority, Four Types and Legal Rulings

«حكمه: هو قطعي بمنزلة آية من كتاب الله تعالى، فيكفر جاحده»
The source calls this type definitive, comparable in evidentiary force to a Qur’anic verse, and assigns disbelief to its denial as a general doctrinal ruling.

“Like a verse” compares evidentiary strength; it does not mean consensus becomes Qur’anic revelation. The book gives this type its strongest degree of authority.

Important limit: Such a general classification in a classical usul text is not permission to declare a particular person an unbeliever. Applying such a judgment to an individual involves distinct conditions and impediments not examined here.