Publication year: 2023

Author: Mr.Abdul Rahman Al-Youssef

Issue: 4

Abstract:

        The fatwa is of great prestige. It conveys the ruling of God Almighty in obligating or permission, therefore, it is inferred by the most correct saying of Doctrines of Islamic Jurisprudence. The Mufti has to provide the people with something that will relieve them of hardship and embarrassment and facilitate their lives, without evasion or dissolution, making looking at the consequences and achieving the interest in his sight, and the large number of urgent issues in the contemporary reality confirms the need for the fatwa by weak saying in many issues.

         The ruling of the fatwa by weak saying in consideration of the interest is permissible according to the majority of jurists, but within conditions and controls. This indicates that Islamic jurisprudence is able to keep pace with the changes that are emerging in people’s lives, and take into account their interests. Examples of fatwas by weak sayings in Islamic jurisprudence are many, including: what is related to worship, transactions, personal status…etc. Today, the Mufti is in dire need of this to facilitate and take into account people’s conditions, to get them out of distress and hardship.

Keywords: Fatwa, weak saying, marjooh, controls, interest.

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