Islamic scholars are
<p>Islamic scholars are not allowed to make any verdict with out authentic evidence from Quran, Sunnah, Aql (Reason) and Ijmaa' ( consensus).</p>
<p>Mujtahid who you follow should be alive as Allah says in Quran: Ask those who know when you don't know. Obviously we don't ask a dead person but a living scholar </p>
<p>Every time and age, there are certain issues which were unknown to those who were before us, that is why it is must to refer to living Mujtahid who knows and studied our own contemporary issues.</p>
<p>Wassalam.</p>
Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 6 years ago
Thank you for the interesting question! I am not aware of any companions of the Prophet (S) who travelled all the way to Cape Verde, especially since most of the early Muslims did not have strong skills with boats. Perhaps this refers to someone else who went there (such as an explorer, trader, migrant, or general) who said something similar, or maybe it refers to someone who stood at a different location and said something similar.
However, absence of evidence is not proof that it did not happen. Possibly, someone will locate evidence that this happened!