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What's Fatwa?

Fatwa is the clarification of Islamic law (legal rulings of God). A fatwa is usually made by a mufti based on evidence (God’s ruling) and in response to a question made by a person (an inquirer) on issues of personal or general concern...

History of Fatwa

Fatwas are the deduced legal opinions made by a mufti or scholar who observes both people’s changing realities and God’s rulings in order to be able to issue a fatwa. It is important to note that the history of fatwa (history of legislation), consists of five different stages. The first is the revelation stage. The second is the early jurists' stage, or independent legal reasoning stage (ijtihad). The third is the stage of great scholars...

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