Is it permissible to seek a fatwa (a scholarly legal ruling) from a student of knowledge?
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Question:
This person says: A student at the Islamic University in the Prophet’s City, when he returns to his country, people rely on him to reconcile between spouses, and they ask him about matters of marriage and divorce. And there is no one else, despite the fact that
Answer:
Yes, this is a good thing. This is a good thing. When a student of knowledge returns to his country, he guides people to good, teaches them what Allah has taught him, spreads knowledge, and reconciles people. This is a good thing. This is the duty of the student of knowledge: the duty of the student of knowledge is to spread beneficial knowledge and to reconcile people. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[At-Tawbah 9:122] This is the duty of the student of knowledge: that he learns and seeks knowledge, then he proceeds to teach people, guide them, and reconcile between them.
This person says: A student at the Islamic University in the Prophet’s City, when he returns to his country, people rely on him to reconcile between spouses, and they ask him about matters of marriage and divorce. And there is no one else, despite the fact that
Answer:
Yes, this is a good thing. This is a good thing. When a student of knowledge returns to his country, he guides people to good, teaches them what Allah has taught him, spreads knowledge, and reconciles people. This is a good thing. This is the duty of the student of knowledge: the duty of the student of knowledge is to spread beneficial knowledge and to reconcile people. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
For there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز أخذ فتوى من طالب علم؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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