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Ijma

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Ijma 

(Arabic, “consensus”), in Sunni Islam, a consensus of the experts of the sharia on individual religious, legal, and everyday questions, the answer to which can not be based on the Koran and the Sunna. Ijma became one of the four foundations (roots) of the Muslim system of law. The canonical text of the Koran, the collections of the hadiths, and a number of dogmas and festivals were confirmed by means of consensus.



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To support this argument, advocates of this tradition often point to the Islamic concepts of shoura (consultation), ijtihad (independent interpretive judgment) and ijma (consensus) and how such concepts are very compatible with democracy.
Furthermore, one could argue that an international treaty signed by many Islamic countries is an indication of ijma and therefore consensus in terms of Islamic law.
94) In their article, Zahraa and Mahmor reject ijma as a basis for the "existence" requirement due to the fact that consensus does not exist on the issue, which has been subject to debate and differing views throughout the centuries.
 
 
 
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