Is it permissible for me to act on a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) found on the website of Shaykh Ibn Baz or Ibn Uthaymeen if my situation matches the fatwa?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to act on the fatwa found on the website of Your Eminence the Shaykh Ibn Baz or Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on them), or on your website, may Allah grant you success, if the situation matches the situation of my fatwa?
Answer:
If you are certain of the fatwa and that it was issued by the person you mentioned, and you are certain that the situation matches the one for which the fatwa was issued, then there is nothing wrong with it. But why do you need this? Ask the people of knowledge. The people of knowledge are available; ask them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to act on the fatwa found on the website of Your Eminence the Shaykh Ibn Baz or Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on them), or on your website, may Allah grant you success, if the situation matches the situation of my fatwa?
Answer:
If you are certain of the fatwa and that it was issued by the person you mentioned, and you are certain that the situation matches the one for which the fatwa was issued, then there is nothing wrong with it. But why do you need this? Ask the people of knowledge. The people of knowledge are available; ask them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2465 -3022] هل لي أن اعمل بفتوى في موقع الشيخ ابن باز أو ابن عثيمين إذا كانت حالتي تطابق الفتوى؟ — youtube.com
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