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**nancywind** · 03-05-2012, 04:37 AM

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?

Hence it should be determined on a case by case per se. If the person can't or not at liberty to disclose his problem, and he's just following up the fatwa, then shouldn't he be given an access to local scholars first?

Regardless of what the said person's issues, if there's any issue at all, nobody else has the right to put a blanket generalization upon his intention. Let the said person deal the matter with local scholars first. The best help we can offer is to give contact means of local scholars so the matters can be discussed with qualified persons. The issue might be big enough that it can't be reconciled within one day even. That is if we really want to help our fellow Muslim brothers or sisters.

Otherwise, then I'm not going to be the person to give some blanket generalization,

. The rest, I'll just leave it to Allah

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Allah Knows Best.

03-05-2012, 04:37 AM	#16
nancywind Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 545 Senior Member	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? Hence it should be determined on a case by case per se. If the person can't or not at liberty to disclose his problem, and he's just following up the fatwa, then shouldn't he be given an access to local scholars first? Regardless of what the said person's issues, if there's any issue at all, nobody else has the right to put a blanket generalization upon his intention. Let the said person deal the matter with local scholars first. The best help we can offer is to give contact means of local scholars so the matters can be discussed with qualified persons. The issue might be big enough that it can't be reconciled within one day even. That is if we really want to help our fellow Muslim brothers or sisters. Otherwise, then I'm not going to be the person to give some blanket generalization, . The rest, I'll just leave it to Allah . Allah Knows Best.
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