The Ruling on Requesting Evidence for a Fatwa
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some scholars say that if you trust a scholar and ask him for a ruling, it is not proper etiquette to demand evidence from him when he gives you a ruling, as long as you have trusted him. He asks: Is this statement correct?
Answer:
Yes. The layperson does not need to say to the one who gave him the ruling, "What is your evidence?" He is a layperson, but the scholar has the right to request evidence.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some scholars say that if you trust a scholar and ask him for a ruling, it is not proper etiquette to demand evidence from him when he gives you a ruling, as long as you have trusted him. He asks: Is this statement correct?
Answer:
Yes. The layperson does not need to say to the one who gave him the ruling, "What is your evidence?" He is a layperson, but the scholar has the right to request evidence.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم طلب الدليل على الفتوى لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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