Advice for those who are lax in issuing fatwas without knowledge
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Question:
Your Eminence, perhaps you have a word for some of the women who issue fatwas without religious knowledge. Women are lax in such religious rulings, and they do not have religious knowledge, O Shaykh.
Answer:
It is not permissible for a man or a woman to issue a fatwa without knowledge. Every Muslim must be wary of speaking about Allah without knowledge, whether he is a man or a woman; for Allah the Exalted says: [Al-A'raf: 33]. He made speaking about Allah without knowledge higher in prohibition than shirk (associating partners with Allah) because of the great evil that results from it. Therefore, it is not permissible to speak about Allah without knowledge, and it is not permissible to issue a fatwa without knowledge, neither from a man nor from a woman.
It is obligatory for one who does not have knowledge to ask the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nahl: 43].
As for issuing a fatwa without knowledge, or a woman issuing a fatwa without knowledge, this is not permissible. This is from the affair of Shaytan. Allah said regarding Shaytan: [Al-Baqarah: 169]. This is from Shaytan. Shaytan commands people to speak about Allah without knowledge because of the great corruption in this. Therefore, it is obligatory for every woman and every man to fear Allah and to be wary of issuing fatwas without knowledge.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Your Eminence, perhaps you have a word for some of the women who issue fatwas without religious knowledge. Women are lax in such religious rulings, and they do not have religious knowledge, O Shaykh.
Answer:
It is not permissible for a man or a woman to issue a fatwa without knowledge. Every Muslim must be wary of speaking about Allah without knowledge, whether he is a man or a woman; for Allah the Exalted says:
Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know."
قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالإِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَأَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَأَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لا تَعْلَمُونَIt is obligatory for one who does not have knowledge to ask the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَAs for issuing a fatwa without knowledge, or a woman issuing a fatwa without knowledge, this is not permissible. This is from the affair of Shaytan. Allah said regarding Shaytan:
He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allah what you do not know.
إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَالْفَحْشَاءِ وَأَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لا تَعْلَمُونَThe presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Source
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