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The 21 pages that link to Ijma, each with the reason it gives.

• Sunni IslamRelated: Consensus expresses the community’s role in Sunni legal authority.

• Islamic jurisprudenceRelated: Jurists have treated scholarly consensus as a source of legal authority.

• ShariaRelated: It is one method jurists use to support rulings beyond explicit texts.

• FiqhRelated: Consensus can serve as legal evidence and constrain later rulings.

• IjtihadRelated: Its authority can constrain or settle questions that individual reasoning might otherwise address.

• Usul al-fiqhRelated: It is a major source whose scope and conditions jurists must define.

• QiyasCompared with: Unlike analogical inference, ijma grounds authority in juristic agreement.

• Hanafi schoolRelated: Consensus constrains the reasoning available to Hanafi jurists.

• FatwaCompared with: A fatwa is an individual legal opinion, not juristic consensus.

• Al-Shafi'iRelated: Al-Shafi'i included consensus among the recognized grounds for legal rulings.

• Ahmad ibn HanbalRelated: Ahmad accepted consensus as authoritative, while cautioning against claims of consensus without strong evidence.

• Hanbali schoolRelated: Hanbali jurists recognize consensus, especially that of the earliest Muslim generations.

• Shafi'i schoolRelated: Al-Shafi'i recognized consensus as a source of legal authority, while defining its scope carefully.

• IjazahCompared with: Ijma expresses collective scholarly agreement, unlike an ijazah’s personal grant of authorization.

• ShuraCompared with: It is distinct from consultation, though both can support collective authority.

• Islamic lawRelated: Theories of consensus explain how agreement can stabilize a legal ruling.

• Bid'ahRelated: Claims about established consensus can determine whether a practice is treated as legitimate.

• Ibn HazmRelated: His narrow account of consensus shows how he limited legal authority beyond scripture.

• Islamic schools and branchesRelated: Its scope and authority vary in discussions of legal interpretation.

• Ja'fari schoolCompared with: Ja'fari analysis treats consensus as probative when it reveals an imam's position.

• Sources of ShariaRelated: It is a major method of establishing a ruling beyond explicit textual statements.