«حكمه: هو قطعي أيضاً ولا يكفر جاحده»
This type too is definitive, but the book does not classify its denial as disbelief.
This distinction is crucial: definitive authority and the classification of denial are separate questions. For the first type the source gives a stronger doctrinal consequence; for the second it does not, despite calling it definitive.
Therefore, the two Companion forms must be distinguished by both how agreement is manifested and the ruling the book attaches to denial.
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Ijma‘: Definition, Authority, Four Types and Legal Rulings
«حكمه: هو قطعي أيضاً ولا يكفر جاحده»
This type too is definitive, but the book does not classify its denial as disbelief.
This distinction is crucial: definitive authority and the classification of denial are separate questions. For the first type the source gives a stronger doctrinal consequence; for the second it does not, despite calling it definitive.
Therefore, the two Companion forms must be distinguished by both how agreement is manifested and the ruling the book attaches to denial.