Well in a dispute between two people or two parties, you should show evidence if both what to know with certainty. However, to function, we have to rely on Engineers, Doctors, Teachers, etc...
But you would be surprised. Muslims often say "our scholars (generally) agree therefore it is true" all the time. I've seen so often. Or if you prove something contrary to what scholars say they will say "look so and so knows more then our scholars"...in others, it's treated as entirely impossible that most scholars would be wrong.
People do it all the time. In fact regarding 4:59, obedience to Ulil Amr being obedience to God, it was argued it had to be "scholars consensus" by a famous Sunni scholar. However, this is a fallacy. It is possible the Muslims scholars unite on error and command you to do something to disobey God. For example, they united through out most of history to kill those who insult the Prophet. Now some Muslims believe that is wrong or even I would say most Muslims believe it is wrong.
This is an example of authority uniting on something but changing over time.
Religious authority is the weakest type of authority to rely on.
But you would be surprised. Muslims often say "our scholars (generally) agree therefore it is true" all the time. I've seen so often. Or if you prove something contrary to what scholars say they will say "look so and so knows more then our scholars"...in others, it's treated as entirely impossible that most scholars would be wrong.
People do it all the time. In fact regarding 4:59, obedience to Ulil Amr being obedience to God, it was argued it had to be "scholars consensus" by a famous Sunni scholar. However, this is a fallacy. It is possible the Muslims scholars unite on error and command you to do something to disobey God. For example, they united through out most of history to kill those who insult the Prophet. Now some Muslims believe that is wrong or even I would say most Muslims believe it is wrong.
This is an example of authority uniting on something but changing over time.
Religious authority is the weakest type of authority to rely on.
