The Ruling on Accepting the Fatwa of the Hasty
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In our current time, there are those who issue fatwas on certain jurisprudential issues and are hasty in doing so, without providing evidence. Is their fatwa to be accepted?
Answer:
This varies according to the difference among muftis. If the mufti is qualified for issuing fatwas, possessing academic qualification, and has fear of Allah and caution regarding the religion, then he issues a fatwa when there is a need, if he is asked and the questioner needs it, by ruling with what appears to him from the evidence. As for the one who pretends to be a scholar or the ignorant one, it is not permissible for him to issue fatwas to the people. Likewise, the one who is lax, who seeks for people what pleases them and agrees with their desires, it is not permissible for him to issue a fatwa, and his fatwa is not to be accepted. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In our current time, there are those who issue fatwas on certain jurisprudential issues and are hasty in doing so, without providing evidence. Is their fatwa to be accepted?
Answer:
This varies according to the difference among muftis. If the mufti is qualified for issuing fatwas, possessing academic qualification, and has fear of Allah and caution regarding the religion, then he issues a fatwa when there is a need, if he is asked and the questioner needs it, by ruling with what appears to him from the evidence. As for the one who pretends to be a scholar or the ignorant one, it is not permissible for him to issue fatwas to the people. Likewise, the one who is lax, who seeks for people what pleases them and agrees with their desires, it is not permissible for him to issue a fatwa, and his fatwa is not to be accepted. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/021 — archive.org (10:36)
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