The Ruling on Transmitting Legal Rulings (Fatwas)
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Question:
Abu Ibrahim has a question about transmitting a legal ruling (fatwa) to others. Does it have conditions? And what is obligatory in transmitting a fatwa? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Do not transmit a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling), for you may not be able to convey it accurately, and the fatwa itself may be incorrect, since the one who issued it is not among those qualified to issue fatwas. So do not transmit it, but direct the questioners to the scholars. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[An-Nahl 16:43] Yes.
Abu Ibrahim has a question about transmitting a legal ruling (fatwa) to others. Does it have conditions? And what is obligatory in transmitting a fatwa? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Do not transmit a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling), for you may not be able to convey it accurately, and the fatwa itself may be incorrect, since the one who issued it is not among those qualified to issue fatwas. So do not transmit it, but direct the questioners to the scholars. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/240 — archive.org (4:53)
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