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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Guidance for some callers who issue rulings to pilgrims with little knowledge

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The questioner:
Some preachers issue fatwas to people in the mosques, specifically the mosques of Makkah and Madinah, and their stock of knowledge is small. What is your guidance for such people? Some of what? Some of the preachers and moral exhorters may be appointed to give moral exhortation and call to Islam, but they are asked by the pilgrims and they issue fatwas, and their academic level is not... does not qualify them for issuing fatwas. What is your guidance for such people?

The Shaykh:
This is your responsibility. Why are they appointed when they do not have the knowledge to issue fatwas to the pilgrims?

The questioner:
No, he is not appointed as a mufti, Your Eminence the Shaykh. He is appointed only as a moral exhorter or a caller to Islam.

The Shaykh:
He must be asked, as long as he stands before them, they speak and follow you, they want to ask. You do not appoint anyone who does not have the academic capability. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you. So, this is a point to be considered, Shaykh Hasan, in the committee when making a selection?
Source 75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 02- — archive.org (51:51)

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