QUESTIONS ON IJMA` (CONSENSUS), TAQLID (FOLLOWING QUALIFIED OPINION), AND IKHTILAF AL-FUQAHA’ (DIFFERENCES OF THE JURISTS)
Shaykh Hisham Muhammad Kabbani
Are we obliged to follow scholars and ijma` (the Consensus of the Scholars) since taqlid (following qualified opinion) is characterized by the “Salafis” as reprehensible, and some of them say: “We do not worship men” to support their opinion? What is ijma` exactly? And do the scholars’ differences of opinion in religion constitute a blessing or a curse?
- INTRODUCTION
- ROLE OF IJMA`
- ROLE OF TAQLID
- TEXTS ON IJMA`
- THE MEANING OF AL-SAWAD AL-A`ZAM
- MADHHAB DIFFERENCES IN ISLAM
- COMMENTARY
