When is it obligatory for a person to issue a fatwa
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: When is it obligatory for a person to issue a fatwa if he is asked about something from religious knowledge?
The Shaykh:
If he has knowledge, but if he does not have knowledge, he says, "I do not know."
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, and is it permissible for a student of knowledge to remain silent if he fears for himself and wants to strengthen himself more in his knowledge?
The Shaykh:
As we mentioned, if he has knowledge regarding the answer to this question, he answers the questioner. If he does not have knowledge, he says, "I do not know what Allah has obligated upon me."
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: When is it obligatory for a person to issue a fatwa if he is asked about something from religious knowledge?
The Shaykh:
If he has knowledge, but if he does not have knowledge, he says, "I do not know."
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, and is it permissible for a student of knowledge to remain silent if he fears for himself and wants to strengthen himself more in his knowledge?
The Shaykh:
As we mentioned, if he has knowledge regarding the answer to this question, he answers the questioner. If he does not have knowledge, he says, "I do not know what Allah has obligated upon me."
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 07-01-1435هـ — af.org.sa (59:43)
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