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Ijma Notes

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IJMA: ljma is the third and secondary source of Islamic law. Its literal meaning is unanimous agreement. Ijma, is basically a consensus of legal experts over a question regarding Islamic law on which the Quran and Sunnah are silent However, it must be noted that to perform Ijma, the legal experts must have complete knowledge of Quran and Sunnah because Ijma of modern experts cannot go against the teachings of Quran and Sunnah. The scholars should also have in depth knowledge of the previously performed ljmas and also of the new problem under consideration. // Now, | can understand that some of you must be wondering that since the primary sources of Islamic law are perfect, why need of ljma. In this regard it is important to understand that though the Quran and Sunnah are undoubtedly flawless, however there is no harm at all in extending those very teachings to apply them to problems which the Muslim Ummah faces today. And this, by no means implies defying or contradicting Quran and Sunnah. // in fact the Quran itself approve of the Ijma at several instances. It says: “O you who believe, obey Allah, and Obey His messenger and those charged with duty amongst you” Here those charged with duty refers to Islamic scholars, thus proving that their consensus is a valuable source of Islamic law. To further clear your understanding, let me quote some examples of previously performed Ijmas: e During Hazrat Umar's Caliphate, it was felt that the Muslims had difficulty gathering for the Friday prayer on just one azaan and so it was decided by the experts to have 2 calls for prayer on Fridays. e The Tarawwih prayer is prayed throughout Ramadan after Isha in which the whole Quran is recited. This was the ljma of the companions of the Prophet during the time of Hazrat Umar's Caliphate, to perform 20 rakats of this prayer and this is practiced even today.

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