A person was asked and issued a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) without being certain of it; does he sin for that, even if he happened to be correct?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person was asked and issued a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) without being certain of it; does he sin for that, even if he happened to be correct?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to issue a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) without knowledge, even if he happens to be correct. It is forbidden (haram) for him to speak without knowledge.[Al-Baqarah 2:169]
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person was asked and issued a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) without being certain of it; does he sin for that, even if he happened to be correct?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to issue a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) without knowledge, even if he happens to be correct. It is forbidden (haram) for him to speak without knowledge.
and to say about Allah what you do not know.
وَأَن تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1266 -3022] شخصٌ سئل فأفتى بفتوى وهو غير متأكدٍ منها، فهل يأثم بذلك ولو وافق الصواب؟ — youtube.com
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