A Statement on Who Is to Be Consulted for Fatwas and Matters Related to Community Issues
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: This is my question, and I hope Your Eminence, the distinguished scholar Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, will answer it. It concerns many of the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) issues we read about or that are raised in the public sphere, which affect people’s reality in their various circumstances. Since the circumstances of many people differ, the fatwa and the perspectives differ as well, Shaykh Salih. What is your comment on that?
Answer:
A fatwa should only be sought from the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:43] Therefore, do not seek a fatwa except from the scholars. Personal matters are to be ruled upon by one who knows their ruling, whereas matters that concern the community are to be entrusted to the specialized fatwa authorities; they are referred to the specialized fatwa authorities, and not everyone is to ask about them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: This is my question, and I hope Your Eminence, the distinguished scholar Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, will answer it. It concerns many of the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) issues we read about or that are raised in the public sphere, which affect people’s reality in their various circumstances. Since the circumstances of many people differ, the fatwa and the perspectives differ as well, Shaykh Salih. What is your comment on that?
Answer:
A fatwa should only be sought from the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe presenter:
May Allah bless you
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء - الفوزان 27-04-1438هـ — youtube.com (9:35)
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