What is the difference between a scholar and a mufti?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is the difference between a scholar and a mufti?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The difference between a scholar and a mufti?
The Shaykh : A scholar is one who possesses knowledge. Some scholars issue fatwas, while others are scrupulous and do not issue them, saying: "Man is weak."
And a mufti is one who issues fatwas even without knowledge. Some people put themselves forward to issue fatwas without knowing the difference between the ulna and the radius. Do you know the difference between your ulna and your radius?
Who knows the difference between the ulna and the radius?
The questioner : The ulna is well known, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is not contradictory. What is the ulna?
The questioner : This one!
The Shaykh : A mistake.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : You do not even know your own ulna now.
The questioner : If it is in the Arabic language!
The Shaykh : There is a verse that is recited:
"The bone next to the thumb is the ulna, *** And the one next to the little finger is the radius,
And the wrist is the middle part": Now, the hand at the end of the forearm has three parts: the part next to the thumb is the ulna, the part next to the little finger is the radius, and the middle part is the wrist. As for this one, it is called the elbow. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:6].
The questioner : Among the common people, it is called the ulna.
The Shaykh : The common people use a different term.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The difference between a scholar and a mufti?
The Shaykh : A scholar is one who possesses knowledge. Some scholars issue fatwas, while others are scrupulous and do not issue them, saying: "Man is weak."
And a mufti is one who issues fatwas even without knowledge. Some people put themselves forward to issue fatwas without knowing the difference between the ulna and the radius. Do you know the difference between your ulna and your radius?
Who knows the difference between the ulna and the radius?
The questioner : The ulna is well known, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is not contradictory. What is the ulna?
The questioner : This one!
The Shaykh : A mistake.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : You do not even know your own ulna now.
The questioner : If it is in the Arabic language!
The Shaykh : There is a verse that is recited:
"The bone next to the thumb is the ulna, *** And the one next to the little finger is the radius,
And the wrist is the middle part": Now, the hand at the end of the forearm has three parts: the part next to the thumb is the ulna, the part next to the little finger is the radius, and the middle part is the wrist. As for this one, it is called the elbow. Allah the Exalted said:
and your forearms to the elbows
وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِThe questioner : Among the common people, it is called the ulna.
The Shaykh : The common people use a different term.