Fatwa
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fatwa-163-12507363
title:
Fatwa
text:
A fatwa is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist (faqih) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist issuing fatwas is called a mufti, and the act of issuing fatwas is called ifta'. Fatwas have played an important role throughout Islamic history, taking on new forms in the modern era. Resembling jus respondendi in Roman law and rabbinic responsa, privately issued fatwas historically served to inform Muslim
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Nonbinding legal opinion in Islamic law
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatwa
date created:
2001-10-01T15:55:12Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T12:46:27Z
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