Is there a difference between a fatwa and mentioning a scientific issue?
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The questioner : Shaykh, is there a difference, for example, between a fatwa and a scientific issue? ... A student of knowledge ... the issue means he is asking you about an issue ... the ruling is such and such and such, but it is not a fatwa ... .
The Shaykh : Is it for an exam?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... A student of knowledge, someone came ... he says, for example, the prayer is such and such, the ruling is such, ... is it permissible?
The Shaykh : What is the benefit?
The questioner : They consult.
The Shaykh : Huh? Yes, and what is the benefit of that?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... If they say, for example, what is the ruling ... a deficiency in the prayer, for example, an obligatory act ... he prostrates for forgetfulness ... he did such and such ... .
Another questioner: I mean ... if the thing happened, he does not issue a fatwa, if it is a scientific issue.
The Shaykh : Scientific. By Allah, in any case, this returns to the steadfastness of the person. If he is steadfast, then the scholars said that if a person is qualified to issue fatwas, he issues them. If he is not qualified, but he heard it from a scholar, he says, "So-and-so the scholar said such and such," and he does not attribute it to himself.
The questioner : Sometimes, O Shaykh, he has knowledge ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, it is, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, rather the correct view is that even if he is qualified in this issue, if he understood it well, yes, 'Abd al-Wahhab?
The Shaykh : Is it for an exam?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... A student of knowledge, someone came ... he says, for example, the prayer is such and such, the ruling is such, ... is it permissible?
The Shaykh : What is the benefit?
The questioner : They consult.
The Shaykh : Huh? Yes, and what is the benefit of that?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... If they say, for example, what is the ruling ... a deficiency in the prayer, for example, an obligatory act ... he prostrates for forgetfulness ... he did such and such ... .
Another questioner: I mean ... if the thing happened, he does not issue a fatwa, if it is a scientific issue.
The Shaykh : Scientific. By Allah, in any case, this returns to the steadfastness of the person. If he is steadfast, then the scholars said that if a person is qualified to issue fatwas, he issues them. If he is not qualified, but he heard it from a scholar, he says, "So-and-so the scholar said such and such," and he does not attribute it to himself.
The questioner : Sometimes, O Shaykh, he has knowledge ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, it is, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, rather the correct view is that even if he is qualified in this issue, if he understood it well, yes, 'Abd al-Wahhab?