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ijma' in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”)
Noun
ijma' (uncountable)
- (Islam) the consensus of ummah (legal scholars) representing all Muslims; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence
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