Transmitting a fatwa to one who studied at the College of Sharia
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Question:
This questioner says: Is it permissible for one who has studied at the College of Sharia and has studied some lessons to transmit a fatwa, or to express his opinion if asked by the general public?
Answer:
If he has the competence to know the ruling with its evidence from the words of the scholars, and it is merely the words of the scholars, and he does not know the evidence upon which it is based, then if he knows the position and knows its evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, there is no harm in him issuing a fatwa based on it. Yes.
This questioner says: Is it permissible for one who has studied at the College of Sharia and has studied some lessons to transmit a fatwa, or to express his opinion if asked by the general public?
Answer:
If he has the competence to know the ruling with its evidence from the words of the scholars, and it is merely the words of the scholars, and he does not know the evidence upon which it is based, then if he knows the position and knows its evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, there is no harm in him issuing a fatwa based on it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-035-الفتوى وأحكامها|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:01)
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