الإجماع المركب بنوعيه: المركب من أكثر من علة ومن عدم القائل بالفصل دراسة أصولية تطبيقية في المذهب الحنفي

Husni Mabrouk Faraj Al-Dlain

doi:10.35516/Law.2025.12669

Authors

Husni Mabrouk Faraj Al-Dlain Department of Hanafi Jurisprudence and Its Principles, Faculty of Hanafi Jurisprudence, The World Islamic Sciences and Education University, Amman, Jordan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-2188

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/Law.2025.12669

Keywords:

Compound consensus, consensus, absence of differentiation, jurisprudence, Hanafi jurisprudence, principles of Islamic jurisprudence

Abstract

Objectives: This study examined the legal status of compound consensus in its two forms: (1) consensus derived from multiple rationales and (2) consensus formed in the absence of any scholar differentiating between rulings. It defined both forms and explored the legal branches founded upon them through applied jurisprudential examples within the Hanafi school. The study further aimed to demonstrate how these types of consensus influence legal reasoning both within and beyond the school, and their overall impact on Islamic legal rulings.

Methods: The research employed three methodological approaches: a descriptive method to outline the concept of consensus, its conditions, causes, and rulings; an analytical method to evaluate and clarify juristic opinions; and a deductive method to derive conclusions relevant to the topic.

Results: The findings indicated that compound consensus constitutes valid legal evidence whose legitimacy is not undermined by potential corruption in its underlying rationale. When disagreement arises from a shared origin, compound consensus based on the absence of a differentiating scholar remains binding on both parties. However, if the root of disagreement differs, such consensus loses its binding authority.

Conclusions: The study concludes that compound consensus is a legitimate source of Islamic law, even when agreement on rulings stems from differing rationales, as in the example of categorizing rice under the usury of excess. The absence of a differentiating opinion likewise carries binding authority in scholarly discourse.

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