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What are the issues agreed upon by the four schools of thought, and can they be found in a book, audio recordings, or any other source, divided by jurisprudential chapters such as prayer and fasting?

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Scholars have paid great attention to issues of Ijma' (consensus), with some dedicating entire works to it, such as Ibn al-Mundhir's al-Ijma' and Ibn Hazm's Maratib al-Ijma'. Among the best of these is Ibn al-Qattan's al-Iqna' fi Masa'il al-Ijma'. Some scholars mention these issues before addressing matters of disagreement. Important resources for Ijma' include comparative jurisprudence books and commentary works. A useful contemporary book is Mawsu'at al-Ijma' fi al-Fiqh al-Islami by Sa'di Abu Jayb. It should be noted that citing Ijma' may, in fact, refer to the opinion of the majority, and a scholar might cite Ijma' due to unawareness of a differing opinion. This is why Ibn Taymiyyah criticized Ibn Hazm's Maratib al-Ijma'.

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