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Advice from Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan to anyone who issues fatwas on matters of Hajj?

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: In these years, Your Eminence the Shaykh, especially in the last Hajj and the one before it, strange fatwas have been issued that contradict what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did, and what we learned in the universities, schools, and institutes. We do not know what happened in this time. So what is your guidance on that? For example, regarding the fatwas, I remember an example,

Answer:
Perhaps he was surprised by them, or we do not know what is intended, but in any case, the mufti should fear Allah and not issue a fatwa except based on what is indicated by evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), because he is accountable, for he will be questioned before Allah on the Day of Resurrection. Is it just that a fatwa is issued and that is it? No, this is a responsibility. So the mufti should fear Allah and not issue a fatwa except based on what is established by evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, not based on what so-and-so said or what so-and-so said. And he says this is in the category of being lenient with people. Leniency is based on evidence, not on the sayings of men. It is based on evidence. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficultyوَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ
[Al-Hajj 22:78]
in the religion, meaning the religion that He legislated, there is no hardship in it. As for saying that the sayings of people are leniency or that it is facilitation? No, He did not say
He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty.هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ
[Al-Hajj 22:78]
, He did not say and He did not place any hardship on you in the sayings of people. He said in the religion. As long as it is within the religion, there is no hardship in it. The fatwas that have evidence are part of the religion. As for the fatwas that have no evidence, these are not part of the religion. Whoever does an action that is not in accordance with our command, it is rejected. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [873 -2802] نصيحة الشيخ صالح الفوزان لكل من تصدر للإفتاء في مسائل الحج؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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