Reliability Of Ijma And Tawatur
Ijma and tawatur is completely independent of any written record. In fact written record of established historical facts depends upon ijma and tawatur. In a written record only one person is penning down established history, whereas ijma and tawatur is backed by such a huge number of people, generation after generation, that they can’t conceivably collude or conspire. Ijma and tawatur is a method of transmission of knowledge. Interpretation of knowledge is a completely different thing. The two must be understood separately.
The word ‘ijma’ is used in two different meanings. Once we understand that then there is no contradiction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ukOvsJ7F4