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ijma'

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Borrowed from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”).

noun ijma

uncountable A universal consensus among fuqaha (Sunni legal scholars) on a point of law; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence.

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noun consensus among fuqaha'

日本語	イジュマーア ijumāa
Deutsch	Idschma
العربية	إجْمَاع ʔijmāʕ

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@misc{ijma_2026,
  title = {ijma'},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ijma'},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}