Fatwas between its assumptions for conditions and real situations
By Dr. Hani Mansour Mosa Al-Mazeedi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research published 10 months ago
Original Article Source: The Halal Journal Sept/Oct 2009
Filed Under: Certification >> Shariah
Fatwa is a religious answer to a question regarding a matter or an event in question. Mufti is a person who delivers the fatwa, and an Ifta committee is a group of Muftis delivering a fatwa. Modern events require an Ifta committee to deliver a fatwa. When a fatwa is delivered, its decisions are based on the specific matter or event put in front of an Ifta committee, and when it is delivered, it is assumed that it happened the way it has been narrated. Ifta committee always asks many questions to see if an event happened as the questions have been tailored. Sometimes, an event is not well established, or was assumed it happened that way, and when later discovered to be otherwise, the fatwa will be changed.
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