Fatawa

You don't need an ijaza from a Shaykh to pass on knowledge - الإجازة Imam al-Suyuti wrote 500 years ago: الإجازة من الشيخ غير شرط في جواز التصدي للإقراء والإفادة،…

Imam Sufyan al-Thawri said 1,200 years ago: العلم عندنا الرخصة من ثقة، فأما التشديد فيحسنه كل أحد "Knowledge in our eyes is a leniency (Rukhsash) discovered by a reliable [scholar],…

What should laymen do when Fatawa differ? - اختلاف العلماء في الفتوى 1- Abu Muzafar al-Sam'ani wrote 1,000 years ago: وإن استفتى رجلين نظر فى الجواب فإن اتفقا فى الجواب…

Fatwa Shopping - تتبع الرخص What is meant by 'تتبع الرخص' is that a person seeks the easiest and most lenient verdicts of jurists. This issue is not as black/white…

Giving Fatawa should not be taken lightly by the Muftis. Abu Husain, the great Tabi'ie, said about some Muftis of his time: إنَّ أحدهم ليفتي في المسألة، ولو وردت على…