FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
The hadith "My community will never agree upon an error" is often cited as support for the validity of ijma. Hadith (Arabic: , Arabic pl. ...
Sunni Muslims regard ijma as the fourth fundamental source of Sharia law, after Qur'an, Sunnah, and qiyas (analogy). Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... The Quran (Arabic: al-qurÄn literally the recitation; also called Al QurÄn Al KarÄ«m or The Noble Quran; or transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... Sunna redirects to here, which can also refer to Sunne or Frau Sonne, a Scandinavian sun goddess, also known as Sol. ... In Sunni Islamic jurisprudence, Qiyas is the process of analogical reasoning from a known injunction (nass) to a new injunction. ...
The 1st occasion for Ijma arose immediately after the death of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) which was the selection of the Caliph of Islamic state.The election of Hazrat Abu Bakar Saddique as caliph was by two votes of the people and this was done on the principle of Ijma.
The evidence required whether an Ijma has been constituted is called proof of ijma.the ijma is said to be universally known among the masses that an ijma has been constituted meaning thereby that it is well known among the masses that ijma has been constituted.All the four Sunni Schools hold the above said view.
According to Hanfi’s it is so when Ijma to be absolute must be in accordance to the requirements of law and ensure certainty if belief and anyone disputing its authority would be guilty of thing a non-believer.