From whom should a fatwa be sought in fiqh matters; bearing in mind the difference [of opinion that exists] between the scholars regarding issues, and how should we [then] evaluate the opinions seeking out the preponderant view, and may you be rewarded [by Allaah]?
Is it from the methodology of the Salaf to seek a fatwa from a scholar regarding an issue, [and] then go to another [scholar] and seek a fatwa [about the same issue] from him, and so on?
Indeed, we are in a time when there are many who speak without sound knowledge, and because of this…
Saudi women are now allowed to issue fatwas following a vote in the Shoura Council.
Indeed, he who issues a ruling on everything a ruling is sought for, [then he] is certainly mad.
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh has denied issuing a fatwa (religious edict) which allows a hungry man to eat his wife, or parts of her body, in the case of famine or if eating his wife would result in saving his own life.
An example indicative of the peak of his piety in respect to passing legal rulings was when he was asked during one of his lectures about the issue of nutrition-based glucose injections…
The grand mufti said scholars must not issue fatwas, or religious edicts, if they are not well versed in the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace be upon him. “If he doesn’t know he should not issue any fatwa,” he said.
This is what the Shaykh was doing during the final hours of his life.
If they wanted to seek a legal ruling, he would answer their questions, and if they sought charity, then the Shaykh would give me some money to pass on to them.
