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It is mentioned that the author ad• dressed a series of questions to certain emi• nent 'ulama of Pakistan bearing on the whole range of the meaning and object of ijma' and qiyas as sources of Muslim law and their rela• tionship with the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
Some of these questions also deal with the relationship between ijma', meaning the consensus of the whole body of Muslirns, and the decision of a certain group or groups within the ummah.
e word of God or of the Prophet, and; whether ljma' has not ~n essential bearing on the facts ot a certain epoch or the environments of a cerrain country vis a vis the Qur'an .
He had the advantage of having before him the Arabic translation of the original English work from the pen of Professor Hit ti himself and thus was able to elucidate some of the difficult and controversial passages in the English book.
Hitti for his learning and for his breadth of view in general but says that the author is ac times prone to be unsympathetic towards the teachings of Islam and may perhaps be excused for not looking at Islamic tenets and certain historical facts from the· ortho• dox Muslim point of view.
He compares certain passages of the English edition with corresponding passages of the Arabic translation and points out that the opinions.