And the consensus is the consensus of the Companions after the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and nothing else, and except for their time, there is no consensus by which to rule. The form of consensus is that it is known that the issue has reached each one of the Companions, and he said in it that ruling that the other said, until there is not one of them left who has not This matter reached him and he said in it that ruling. If someone reported a disagreement about that, it is not consensus, or if silence was quoted from him, then it is not consensus.