The Criterion for Fatwa for the Student of Knowledge
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. The brother Abu Ahmad says: Honorable Shaykh, if a student of knowledge is asked to issue a fatwa on a matter, when does the student of knowledge issue a fatwa on it? And what is the criterion? May Allah preserve you. And what is your guidance also for the one who rushes into issuing fatwas? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If the student of knowledge has the qualification to answer, meaning he is knowledgeable about the answer, and he also has evidence from the Book and the Sunnah for what he says, then he issues a fatwa to the questioner; he issues it to him with knowledge. But if he has no knowledge and no readiness to answer, then he says, “I do not know,” and he refers the questioner to someone more knowledgeable than him, and he does not take on the responsibility when he has no knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
And may Allah bless you. The brother Abu Ahmad says: Honorable Shaykh, if a student of knowledge is asked to issue a fatwa on a matter, when does the student of knowledge issue a fatwa on it? And what is the criterion? May Allah preserve you. And what is your guidance also for the one who rushes into issuing fatwas? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If the student of knowledge has the qualification to answer, meaning he is knowledgeable about the answer, and he also has evidence from the Book and the Sunnah for what he says, then he issues a fatwa to the questioner; he issues it to him with knowledge. But if he has no knowledge and no readiness to answer, then he says, “I do not know,” and he refers the questioner to someone more knowledgeable than him, and he does not take on the responsibility when he has no knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/190 — archive.org (11:52)
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