This series comprises the following works (1):
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Kitab al-Sunan wa’l-Ijmaʿ wa’l-Ikhtilaf — an extensive, expansive volume in which he narrates, with full chains of transmission, every hadith and report that reached him on the subject.
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The abridgement of Kitab al-Sunan wa’l-Ijmaʿ wa’l-Ikhtilaf.
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Ikhtilaf al-ʿUlamaʾ; copies of it are preserved in the Egyptian National Library.
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Al-Mabsut.
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Al-Awsat fi al-Sunan wa’l-Ijmaʿ wa’l-Ikhtilaf, an abridgement of Al-Mabsut.
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Al-Ishraf ʿala Madhahib al-ʿUlamaʾ, an abridgement of Al-Awsat.
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Al-Iqnaʿ.
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Al-Ijmaʿ.
Al-Ijmaʿ is the smallest of these books and, by far, the most celebrated work on consensus among beginning students of sacred knowledge, for it is easy to consult and concise in expression.
As for the works devoted exclusively to recording ijmaʿ in juristic matters, they are:
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Nawadir al-Fuqahaʾ by Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tamimi, d. 350 AH.
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Maratib al-Ijmaʿ by Ibn Hazm (2), d. 456 AH.
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Al-Iqnaʿ fi Masaʾil al-Ijmaʿ by Ibn al-Qattan, d. 628 AH.
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Al-Ijmaʿ by Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (edited by Fuʾad al-Shahlub and ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Shahri).
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Mawsaʿat al-Ijmaʿ by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (compiled by ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Mubarak al-Buhī).
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Al-Barq al-Lammaʿ lima fi al-Mughni min Ittifaq wa Iftiraq wa Ijmaʿ (compiled by ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar