What is the advice for those who issue rulings on matters of divorce among students of knowledge and imams of mosques?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the reason that some students of knowledge are scrupulous about issuing rulings on matters of divorce and refer them to the senior scholars, even though they know the ruling?
The Shaykh:
I wish they were scrupulous, but they are not. They issue rulings on divorce and everything else, and they do not hold themselves back from anything. If they had refrained and referred it to the people of fatwa, they would have been safe and sound, and they would have kept themselves safe, and they would have kept others safe from confusion and ignorance. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your advice to those among the young men, or the imams of mosques, who rush to issue rulings on matters of divorce when someone comes to them?
The Shaykh:
This contradicts the previous question. This contradicts the previous question. You said at first that they are scrupulous, and then you said that they issue rulings on it. It is not permissible for them to do so. The ruling on divorce is delegated to one of two parties: either the department of fatwa and the Permanent Committee, or the judiciary and the Shari'ah courts. It is not permissible for anyone to intervene in this matter. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the reason that some students of knowledge are scrupulous about issuing rulings on matters of divorce and refer them to the senior scholars, even though they know the ruling?
The Shaykh:
I wish they were scrupulous, but they are not. They issue rulings on divorce and everything else, and they do not hold themselves back from anything. If they had refrained and referred it to the people of fatwa, they would have been safe and sound, and they would have kept themselves safe, and they would have kept others safe from confusion and ignorance. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your advice to those among the young men, or the imams of mosques, who rush to issue rulings on matters of divorce when someone comes to them?
The Shaykh:
This contradicts the previous question. This contradicts the previous question. You said at first that they are scrupulous, and then you said that they issue rulings on it. It is not permissible for them to do so. The ruling on divorce is delegated to one of two parties: either the department of fatwa and the Permanent Committee, or the judiciary and the Shari'ah courts. It is not permissible for anyone to intervene in this matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1915 -2802] ما النصيحة لمن يفتي في مسائل الطلاق من طلبة العلم وأئمة المساجد؟ — youtube.com
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