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Fatwa for the world according to the conditions of the lands

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Question:
The questioner says: My question, in the clearest terms, is: Does a single scholar issue one fatwa when asked, for example, in Saudi Arabia, and issue a different fatwa in another country if religion is weak there, and does the fatwa follow the conditions of the people of that land?

Answer:
The true scholar issues a fatwa based on what the Book and the Sunnah indicate, in any place. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Have Taqwa of Allah wherever you areاتق الله حيث ما كنت
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1987Hasan (Darussalam)
So the scholar issues a fatwa based on what Allah has ruled and what Allah and His Messenger said, in any place. And as I mentioned to you, the Shari'ah does not change, neither by conditions nor by times; rather, what changes is the scholar's ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and his seeking of the truth. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-037-الفرق بين التيسير الشرعي والمعاصر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (47:56)

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