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ajiss-937	Ibrahim, Zakyi	Consensus in the Islamic Legal System: An Indispensable or a Negligible Source	2016.0	6	.pdf	application/pdf	2422	93	51	I contend that (1) the early jurists viewed this as the safest way to inoculate and safeguard that system (and the other sources) from individual abuse and personal manipulation and that (2) without consensus and why it was originally construed and framed (notwithstanding how it was applied) by the jurists, the Qur’an and the Sunnah (despite their inherent re- ligious and theological authority) would be meaningless or inadmissible as legitimate sources of law. But before I discuss consensus, I would like to ad- dress the two authoritative sources of law.	cache/ajiss-937.pdf	txt/ajiss-937.txt