Al-Mustaṣfā Min ‘Ilm al-Uṣūl by Imām al-Ghazālī
(A Summary on IJMĀ’)[1]
By: Edi Kurniwan
Ijmā’ is the unanimity of the
ummah of Muhammad SAW, particularly on certain religious issues. Its
linguistic meaning is unanimity (al-Ittifāq) and resolution (al-Izmā’).
Thus it combines both of these. Thus it combines both of these. According to
al-Nazzām, ijmā’ is an expression for every statement whose proof is
evident.