The Criterion for Facilitating Fatwas
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the criterion for facilitating a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling)?
Answer:
A fatwa is based on evidence, and facilitation is achieved by following the evidence, because the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law), and praise be to Allah, is easy.[Al-Hajj 22:78] So ease is found in following the evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. As for seeking dispensations and ways out, that may mislead a person, may Allah protect us from that, and cause him to leave his religion or diminish his religion. So the Muslim should seek a fatwa that is based on evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, and that this fatwa be issued by scholars known for their knowledge, piety, and fear of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the criterion for facilitating a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling)?
Answer:
A fatwa is based on evidence, and facilitation is achieved by following the evidence, because the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law), and praise be to Allah, is easy.
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty
وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/225 — archive.org (6:40)
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