A certain doctor said: It is impossible for scholarly consensus (ijma') to occur in any era. Is his statement correct?
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The questioner says: Some doctors said in one of their lectures that it is impossible for scholarly consensus (ijma') to serve as a source of legislation in any era. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is invalid. This is an audacious claim regarding scholarly consensus (ijma'). Scholarly consensus (ijma') is in the Qur'an; Allah mentioned it in the Qur'an: "and follows other than the way of the believers"[An-Nisa 4:115]. So the way of the believers is the consensus upon which they agree, and this Ummah does not agree upon misguidance. The intended meaning is verbal consensus (ijma' lafzi), because consensus (ijma') is of two types: verbal consensus (ijma' lafzi) and tacit consensus (ijma' sukuti). As for tacit consensus (ijma' sukuti), it is based on probability (zanni). As for verbal consensus (ijma' lafzi), it is definitive (qat'i). Yes.
The questioner says: Some doctors said in one of their lectures that it is impossible for scholarly consensus (ijma') to serve as a source of legislation in any era. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is invalid. This is an audacious claim regarding scholarly consensus (ijma'). Scholarly consensus (ijma') is in the Qur'an; Allah mentioned it in the Qur'an: "and follows other than the way of the believers"
And whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell
وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2173- 4717] قال أحد الدكاترة: يستحيل الإجماع في أي عصر من العصور، فهل قوله صحيح؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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