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How many are the agreed-upon rulings and the disagreed-upon rulings, respectively?

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It is impossible to enumerate all facts and their rulings. While some issues of consensus (Ijma') can be enumerated—Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi compiled 4018 issues of consensus in creed and jurisprudence—issues of disagreement are far more numerous. Even al-Hajawi's book Zad al-Mustaqni' contains around six thousand issues, encompassing both explicit and implied meanings.

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