ijma

American  

[ij-mah] / ɪdʒˈmɑ /

Also ijmaʿ

noun

Islam.

1. the consensus of all believers on the rightness of a belief or practice.

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Etymology

Origin of ijma

From Arabic ʾijmāʿ

Example Sentences

Even the differences between the schools of law may be based on this theory of the Ijmâ'; for, does not the infallible Agreement of the Community teach us that a certain diversity of opinion is a merciful gift of God?

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The stamp of Ijmâ' was essential to every rule of faith and life, to all manners and customs.

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Mysticism did not only owe to Ijmâ' its place in the sacred trio, but it succeeded, better than dogmatics, in confirming its right with words of Allah and His Prophet.

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Of course only "true" mysticism is justified by Ijmâ' and confirmed by the evidence of Qorân and Sunnah; but, about the bounds between "true" and "false" or heretical mysticism, there exists in a large measure the well-known diversity of opinion allowed by God's grace.

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That the partisans of all these different conceptions could remain together as the children of one spiritual family, is largely owing to the elastic character of Ijmâ', the importance of which is to some extent acknowledged by catholics and protestants, by moderns and conservatives.

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