English
ijma'
Ijma' comes from Arabic إِجْمَاع ‘consensus’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentإِجْمَاع‘consensus’
- Englishtodayijma'
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentإِجْمَاع‘consensus’
- Englishtodayijma'
Every English word from Arabic إِجْمَاع
Today it means
noun A universal consensus among fuqaha (Sunni legal scholars) on a point of law; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic إِجْمَاع / ijma'