Abstract:

Islamic law scholars have quite different opinions from each other on the nature of ijma. However, so much so that the majority of the islamic law scholars count the ijma among the sharia evidences, some of them see it as an information of “tool and method” to ascertain the sharia provision from the sharia evidences in order to understand nas, ensure trust and safety in law. Also, while these scholars tell the ijma narrows the field of ijtihad and prevents the dynamisms of islamic law, the other group of scholars which count the ijma among the sharia evidences see the comments, except the classical period ijma approach, as conscious, a sectarian hostility as devastating the security of law. What could be the reasons of generating thoughts on the nature of the ijma by the Islamic law scholars? In this study, it is aimed to make a synthesis by analyzing the reasons of comments which are about the concept of the nature of the ijma in terms of a sharia evidence, tool and method.

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