Various views exist on the nature of Ijma, ranging on two spectrum: one the broadens and narrows the group of people required to participate in the consensus, and the other that makes it more or less difficult to ascertain whether or not a consensus has in fact occurred. Still, somewhat circularly, these same scholars argued that consensus existed on the validity of the hadith itself, and thus the narration was reliable. Moreover, the above hadith was not considered by classical scholars to be authentic beyond all doubt, and thus did not suffice as a basis for certain knowledge regarding what Muhammad said. However, this hadith itself does not make this specification, and refers only more generally to the Muslim ummah, or community of believers at large:

The doctrine of Ijma upon which the daleel of Ijma is based arises from the following hadith. This distinction is generally ignored by the schools of Islamic law, as they understand Ijma to simply mean consensus between educated, scholarly Muslims. The term Ijma refers to scholarly consensus in particular, but literally translates to simply mean 'consensus'. He also compares women to domestic animals. Note that in this version Muhammad orders men to beat women, and these orders coincide with the Qur'anic order of wife-beating. You can read the genuine Farewell Sermon text here. The most often quote version of the Farewell Sermon reportedly does not have a source. This tale has no known source, and is not found in any hadith or Islamic text.

The story of the lady who threw garbage at Muhammad.This originated from the 11 th century book, The History of Baghdad, by the Islamic scholar al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and some contemporary Islamic scholars have concluded that it is not only weak, but fabricated. The following are examples of weak or fabricated hadith.

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