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What is a fatwa?

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What is fatwa?

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(Fatwa: 128/L=130/L)

The Sharai ruling that an Aalim gives in reply to a question is called fatwa:

الفتوی ھو الحکم الشرعي یعني ما افتی بہ العالم (قواعد الفقہ، ۴۰۷)

و معناہ في اللغة الاجابة عن سوال ما الخ ثم قد خصت الکلمة للاجابة عن سوال شرعي (المصباح، ۱۹، ۲۰)

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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