Taking a Fatwa When Jurists Disagree
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: What is the ruling on taking a fatwa in jurisprudential matters when the jurists differ in their answers, O Shaykh?
Answer:
If you ask a scholar from among those appointed to issue fatwas, or scholars who are trusted in their knowledge and religion, and he issues a fatwa for you, then you take his fatwa and do not ask many scholars. You are content with asking one scholar and acting according to his statement, due to the saying of the Exalted and Majestic:[An-Nahl 16:43]. Asking many questions about the same matter confuses the issue for you and multiplies the fatwas. So, if a trusted scholar issues a fatwa for you, restrict yourself to it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: What is the ruling on taking a fatwa in jurisprudential matters when the jurists differ in their answers, O Shaykh?
Answer:
If you ask a scholar from among those appointed to issue fatwas, or scholars who are trusted in their knowledge and religion, and he issues a fatwa for you, then you take his fatwa and do not ask many scholars. You are content with asking one scholar and acting according to his statement, due to the saying of the Exalted and Majestic:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (171) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-02-09] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (26:36)
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