Taking a dream as a fatwa and citing the phrase “Give me a ruling on my dream”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the students of knowledge, when they see a dream, take a ruling from it and claim it is a fatwa, citing the saying of the Exalted:[Yusuf 12:43]. Is there any basis for this?
Answer:
A fatwa is of two types. The legal fatwa is built upon evidence; there is no legal fatwa without evidence. A legal fatwa must have evidence. As for the popular fatwa, where the people seek a ruling, this is merely expressing an opinion. In other words, a fatwa in the sense of simply stating an opinion. Yes, it has a legal ruling.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the students of knowledge, when they see a dream, take a ruling from it and claim it is a fatwa, citing the saying of the Exalted:
explain to me my vision
أَفْتُونِي فِي رُؤْيَايَAnswer:
A fatwa is of two types. The legal fatwa is built upon evidence; there is no legal fatwa without evidence. A legal fatwa must have evidence. As for the popular fatwa, where the people seek a ruling, this is merely expressing an opinion. In other words, a fatwa in the sense of simply stating an opinion. Yes, it has a legal ruling.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب الأذان — islamhouse.com (1:04:58)
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