The ruling on relying on transmitted scholarly consensus (ijma') without verifying its type and the intended meaning of its proponents?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some students of knowledge take the scholarly consensus (ijma') transmitted by some scholars in their books as a matter of course, and they do not seek to prove this consensus. They say that the default regarding the statement of this Imam is that it is a matter of course, so it does not need following or proof.
Answer:
There are well-known books on scholarly consensus (ijma'). One should refer to them, and not accept a claim of consensus without referring to the original source. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some students of knowledge take the scholarly consensus (ijma') transmitted by some scholars in their books as a matter of course, and they do not seek to prove this consensus. They say that the default regarding the statement of this Imam is that it is a matter of course, so it does not need following or proof.
Answer:
There are well-known books on scholarly consensus (ijma'). One should refer to them, and not accept a claim of consensus without referring to the original source. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم الاعتماد على الإجماعات المنقولة بدون تأكد من نوعها ومراد أصحابها منها؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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