Strictness and Leniency in Fatwas
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, is it obligatory for a Muslim to always be strict with himself and follow the strict fatwas, or those that hold fast to avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
Answer:
There is a relative strictness. Some people consider a correct fatwa to be strict; they consider a correct fatwa based on evidence to be strict because they want leniency. On the other hand, some people on the other side see a fatwa that has correct leniency based on evidence and say, "This is leniency." The perception of leniency and strictness differs according to the perceptions of these people. However, true strictness is going beyond the truth; it is adding to the truth. And leniency is going beyond the truth. So this goes beyond the truth from above, and this goes beyond the truth from below. And the middle path is the best of things. Yes.
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, is it obligatory for a Muslim to always be strict with himself and follow the strict fatwas, or those that hold fast to avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
Answer:
There is a relative strictness. Some people consider a correct fatwa to be strict; they consider a correct fatwa based on evidence to be strict because they want leniency. On the other hand, some people on the other side see a fatwa that has correct leniency based on evidence and say, "This is leniency." The perception of leniency and strictness differs according to the perceptions of these people. However, true strictness is going beyond the truth; it is adding to the truth. And leniency is going beyond the truth. So this goes beyond the truth from above, and this goes beyond the truth from below. And the middle path is the best of things. Yes.
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