Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (508) | Education and dental events are issued for the fatwa
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Pseudo-scholarship and the tendency of the young and inexperienced to issue fatwas.
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Among the most dangerous afflictions regarding knowledge and the issuance of fatwas.
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Is the rise of pseudo-scholarship and the tendency of youth and the inexperienced to issue fatwas.
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And their direct recourse to the texts of the Qur'an and the Sunnah to derive rulings from them.
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In isolation from the understanding of the salaf regarding them.
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And without possessing the necessary knowledge and methodological constraints that qualify them to issue fatwas and judge on matters.
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Especially if these are complex and difficult issues.
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We find that one of them might issue a fatwa based on something that the text does not actually indicate.
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Due to his lack of knowledge of the Arabic language.
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And the methods by which linguistic expressions indicate legal rulings.
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Or he may issue a fatwa based on his knowledge of only a single text regarding the matter.
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Without gathering all the other texts related to it.
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Which, when viewed collectively, would lead to a ruling different from the one he provided.
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Or he may issue a fatwa based on a text from the Sunnah that is not authentically established.
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And he has no knowledge of that fact.
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Or he may fixate on the ambiguous texts.
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And fail to refer them back to the clear, foundational texts.
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Because of all this and more.
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Which only the firmly grounded scholars can perceive.
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The young and inexperienced individual misses the mark of correctness in his fatwa.
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Al-Shafi'i said:
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If a young person takes the lead, he misses out on a great deal of knowledge.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.