The Ruling on Devoting Oneself to Issuing Fatwas for People
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Question:
How great is our need to ask about matters of our religion! Do you not see that it is obligatory that there be people who devote themselves to issuing fatwas for people regarding the questions that come to them, even if by telephone?
Answer:
This is one of the most important matters, and this program, which is "Light on the Path," is of this kind; for it—praise be to Allah—is the one fulfilling this task. And if it becomes easy for scholars to do so—such as assisting this program—then that is a great good.
The point is: that this program, by the praise of Allah, contains a great good and a great benefit, and it has fulfilled a collective obligation.
And if it becomes easy for scholars in the mosques and in their homes to issue fatwas for people—if they have knowledge and insight into what Allah and His Messenger said—then that is good leading to good.
So the result is: that this program contains a great good, and praise be to Allah, it has performed a great duty in issuing fatwas for people inside and outside, and in resolving problems with the evidence of the Shari'ah.
So we ask Allah to grant success to those who manage it and to assist them, and to grant them insight, sincerity, and truthfulness, and to grant success to everyone in every place for what brings His pleasure, and for what brings their well-being and salvation, and to grant success to the scholars of the Muslims in every place to perform the duty, to guide people to good, and to teach them what benefits them in their religion and their worldly affairs, with attention to what Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and that the fatwa be in light of the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), not with mere opinions. And Allah is the One to be sought for help.
How great is our need to ask about matters of our religion! Do you not see that it is obligatory that there be people who devote themselves to issuing fatwas for people regarding the questions that come to them, even if by telephone?
Answer:
This is one of the most important matters, and this program, which is "Light on the Path," is of this kind; for it—praise be to Allah—is the one fulfilling this task. And if it becomes easy for scholars to do so—such as assisting this program—then that is a great good.
The point is: that this program, by the praise of Allah, contains a great good and a great benefit, and it has fulfilled a collective obligation.
And if it becomes easy for scholars in the mosques and in their homes to issue fatwas for people—if they have knowledge and insight into what Allah and His Messenger said—then that is good leading to good.
So the result is: that this program contains a great good, and praise be to Allah, it has performed a great duty in issuing fatwas for people inside and outside, and in resolving problems with the evidence of the Shari'ah.
So we ask Allah to grant success to those who manage it and to assist them, and to grant them insight, sincerity, and truthfulness, and to grant success to everyone in every place for what brings His pleasure, and for what brings their well-being and salvation, and to grant success to the scholars of the Muslims in every place to perform the duty, to guide people to good, and to teach them what benefits them in their religion and their worldly affairs, with attention to what Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and that the fatwa be in light of the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), not with mere opinions. And Allah is the One to be sought for help.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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