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In Islamic terminology, there is a degree of ijma, or consensus, on what to say to a would-be jihadist.

Even the differences between the schools of law may be based on this theory of the Ijmâ'; for, does not the infallible Agreement of the Community teach us that a certain diversity of opinion is a merciful gift of God?

The stamp of Ijmâ' was essential to every rule of faith and life, to all manners and customs.

But, of course, dogmatists and mystics had also their own "agreements" on the questions concerning them, and through the compromise between Law, Dogma, and Mysticism, there could not fail to come into existence a kind of mixed Ijmâ'.

The speakers were individuals whose own authority depended on Ijmâ', whereas Ijmâ' should have been their collective decision.