Who can give a Fatwa?
It is reported that Imām Mālik – Allāh have mercy on him – was asked, “Who is allowed to give religious rulings (fatwā)? He replied: Issuing fatwā is not allowed…
It is reported that Imām Mālik – Allāh have mercy on him – was asked, “Who is allowed to give religious rulings (fatwā)? He replied: Issuing fatwā is not allowed…
It is reported that ‘Abdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said: By Allāh, he who gives people verdicts (fatwā) for every question they ask him is…
It is reported that Masrūq – Allāh have mercy on him – said: To (be guaranteed) one day in which I issue correct and just verdicts (fatwā) is more beloved…
Ibn Battah records that Imām Ahmad – Allāh have mercy on him – said: No man should appoint himself to issue verdicts (fatwa) until and unless he fulfills five characteristics:…
ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān b. Abī Laylā reports: A man from his people, from the Anṣār, went out one night to pray ʿIshāʾ with his people [during the Caliphate of ʿUmar], but…
A person must study what is incorrect as well as what is correct….
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The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: Actions are but by intentions, and everyone will have what he intended. So whoever migrated to Allah and His Messenger, he migrated to Allah and…
Muʿādh b. Jabal – Allāh be pleased with him – used to say: Ahead of you are times of trials (fitan) in which there will be much wealth and in…
ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said: A believer might harbour any [bad] quality, except treachery and lying. Ibn Abī Shaybah, Kitāb Al-Īmān article 80, where…