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**hitaEtela** · 03-05-2012, 04:30 AM

the problem is whenever a person says his/her intention as so, a blanket generalization is thrown upon the person without anyone investigates if that's the truth, or even worst if the person who stated the initial intention was not given a chance at all? Heck the person involved might not be at liberty at all to discuss his problem on a public forum like this. Have that even be considered?

Who are we who might be staying some 1000 miles from the said person to say anything about it? Why can't the said person who wanted to change his madzhab be given a direction to local scholars so the person can discuss the issues with the said scholars first?

Do we even know if the brother(s)/sister(s) might have some real problems in the first place?

Now do you get the picture of throwing some blanket generalization on every request or intention of changing his/her madzhab?

Allah Knows best.

Scholars usually take the cautious route when giving out their fatawa. If the person was truly intent on changing his or her madhhab, then he may have been able to ask his local scholars. Furthermore, Ask Imam is a public fatwa website. If a person is asking about his personal issues on such a website, then he has to expect the answers to not be catered for him alone - unless the person specifies his details and specifics. If the person doesn't want to share, is it fair to expect a Mufti to give a fatwa that gives the person a rukhsa or a general fatwa since the website is read by people who would make statements like those hypotheticals I stated in my last post? People also seek out ulama so that they can get answers, not so that they be redirected elsewhere. The latter only happens in person but when it is something as impersonal as a fatwa website, then what can you expect?

03-05-2012, 04:30 AM	#15
hitaEtela Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 536 Senior Member	the problem is whenever a person says his/her intention as so, a blanket generalization is thrown upon the person without anyone investigates if that's the truth, or even worst if the person who stated the initial intention was not given a chance at all? Heck the person involved might not be at liberty at all to discuss his problem on a public forum like this. Have that even be considered? Who are we who might be staying some 1000 miles from the said person to say anything about it? Why can't the said person who wanted to change his madzhab be given a direction to local scholars so the person can discuss the issues with the said scholars first? Do we even know if the brother(s)/sister(s) might have some real problems in the first place? Now do you get the picture of throwing some blanket generalization on every request or intention of changing his/her madzhab? Allah Knows best. Scholars usually take the cautious route when giving out their fatawa. If the person was truly intent on changing his or her madhhab, then he may have been able to ask his local scholars. Furthermore, Ask Imam is a public fatwa website. If a person is asking about his personal issues on such a website, then he has to expect the answers to not be catered for him alone - unless the person specifies his details and specifics. If the person doesn't want to share, is it fair to expect a Mufti to give a fatwa that gives the person a rukhsa or a general fatwa since the website is read by people who would make statements like those hypotheticals I stated in my last post? People also seek out ulama so that they can get answers, not so that they be redirected elsewhere. The latter only happens in person but when it is something as impersonal as a fatwa website, then what can you expect?
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