Is the ruling of the official mufti binding on the people?
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Question:
In every country among the Muslim countries, there is an official mufti. The question is: When is the ruling of the official mufti binding on the people such that it is not permissible to contradict it? Please issue a ruling for us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
The official ruling and others are not binding. What is binding is: Allah said, and His Messenger said. If the mufti or the scholar issues a ruling that contradicts the Shari'ah, his ruling is not binding. What is relied upon is: Allah said, and His Messenger said: the Book and the Sunnah.
As for the rulings of people, they may be wrong, and they may be right, whether the person is an official mufti or not, whether he is a teacher or not. Rulings are presented to the Book and the Sunnah; whatever agrees with them is accepted, and whatever contradicts them is rejected from its issuer, whoever he may be.
In every country among the Muslim countries, there is an official mufti. The question is: When is the ruling of the official mufti binding on the people such that it is not permissible to contradict it? Please issue a ruling for us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
The official ruling and others are not binding. What is binding is: Allah said, and His Messenger said. If the mufti or the scholar issues a ruling that contradicts the Shari'ah, his ruling is not binding. What is relied upon is: Allah said, and His Messenger said: the Book and the Sunnah.
As for the rulings of people, they may be wrong, and they may be right, whether the person is an official mufti or not, whether he is a teacher or not. Rulings are presented to the Book and the Sunnah; whatever agrees with them is accepted, and whatever contradicts them is rejected from its issuer, whoever he may be.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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