Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari's position was not entirely clear, as modern scholarship has attributed to him both the view that consensus means a simple majority, and that it means only the consensus of the companions of Muhammad.
Posisi Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari tidak sepenuhnya jelas, karena beasiswa modern telah menghubungkan dia baik pandangan bahwa konsensus berarti mayoritas sederhana, dan itu berarti hanya konsensus para sahabat Muhammad.