He said: Similarly they were unanimously agreed that the Earth, with all that is contains of land and sea is like a ball.He said: That is indicated by the fact that the sun, moon and stars do not rise and set over those who are in different parts of the earth at the same time rather that occurs in the east before it occurs in the west. Imam Abu’l-Husayn Ahmad ibn Ja‘far ibn al-Munadi narrated from the prominent scholars who are well known for knowledge of reports and major works in religious sciences, from the second level of Ahmad’s companions,that there was no difference of opinion among the scholars that the sky is like a ball. They then quote 2 muslim scholars to back up their point, Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Hazm. In the introduction to their fatwa they declare: “More than one of the scholars have narrated that there is consensus that the Earth is round”. This argument to my knowledge originated from a fatwa site named Islamqa which posted a fatwa titled: “Consensus that the earth is round”. This argument is made in an attempt to convey the idea that the earth is not flat according to Islam and is usually made in conjunction with various arguments about the Quranic depiction of earth (such as the argument that Quran 39:5 describe a round earth). A common argument made by muslims in my experience is the idea that the earth is round according to scholarly consensus.
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