Importance of Certain topics!

[Asad]

hey!
can anyone tell me the importance of "Qiyas and Ijma"?
4 points needed for each.
plz quickly

 

[PlanetMaster]

This is from 'Oct/Nov 08 Marking Scheme Paper 1':

• Ijma:
  • The consensus of the community, ijma’, is referred to when the previous sources do not offer clear guidance
  • It is understood as the agreement of believers on a point of faith or action
  • Some take it as the consensus of the first generation of Muslims, others as the consensus of legal experts
  • It never disagrees with the previous sources
  • The Prophet said, ‘My community will never agree on error’

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  Qiyas:
  • Analogy, qiyas, is employed when the previous sources do not offer clear guidance
  • It involves an individual expert making a new decision on the basis of known teachings
  • He compares the unknown with the known and identifies the common points between them
  • Some Muslims distrust it because it involves a lot of individual opinion
  • It should never disagree with the previous sources
  • [Allow marks for any discussion by a Shi`a candidate of the use of reason, `aql]

 

[Asad]

Thanks, it really helped.
I never know that it came before.

 

[PlanetMaster]

Your welcome