{"_id":"6af243e41726f142c7bf4c0a","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Can a Shafi'i Muslim rely on claims of scholarly consensus to determine the position of their madhhab?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"If I read a fatwa on a trustworthy website quoting a scholar such as Ibn Qudamah as saying, \\\"The scholars are unanimously agreed that…\\\", can I assume that this ruling also represents the Shafi'i madhhab? Or should I independently verify the ruling in a Shafi'i source?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"You can't take it automatically. Claims of consensus are sometimes made loosely, meaning only that the author knew of no disagreement. So confirm it in a Shafi'i source.\"},{\"type\":\"hardBreak\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Comparative works like al-Mughni are valuable for general knowledge of what other scholars said, but they aren't designed to teach you the position of your own school. For that, rely on the texts and teachers of your madhhab.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff90b76658b4c232aa0","tag":"Knowledge: Madhabs","count":75},{"_id":"668d9fe70b76658b4c23288e","tag":"Knowledge: Scholars","count":28}],"createdOn":"2026-11-09T22:06:28.595Z"}