Perhaps those who mention scholarly consensus intend by that the scholars of their own era, not all scholars?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : What is said is that the scholars who speak of scholarly consensus intend the scholars who exist in their own era?
The Shaykh : No, my brother, that is not said. But note that I am alerting you to a point in *Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab* by al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him). Sometimes he says: "This is permissible by consensus," and by that he means the consensus of his school. I mean, I have traced many places in his statements where he says: "It is by consensus," and I found that he means the consensus of his school, the consensus of his followers.
The questioner : What is said is that the scholars who speak of scholarly consensus intend the scholars who exist in their own era?
The Shaykh : No, my brother, that is not said. But note that I am alerting you to a point in *Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab* by al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him). Sometimes he says: "This is permissible by consensus," and by that he means the consensus of his school. I mean, I have traced many places in his statements where he says: "It is by consensus," and I found that he means the consensus of his school, the consensus of his followers.