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We really need someone of the calibre of Mufti Abu Hajira, Mufti Javed etc to write a comprehensive response on this topic, in particular addressing the desperate claim of 'iktilaaf' on the issue. Some of these modern american Imams are diluting the deen to such an extent that it's barely recognisable, wheeling out the same 'there's no criticism when theres ikhtilaaf' mantra if anyone tries to say otherwise and here you see their followers doing the same. In some ways you can't really blame them, Shaytaans pull on the nafs is strong and they will desperately cling onto any 'fatwa' legitimising their sinful deeds, regardless of how obscure or faraway from mainstream and Ijmah it may be.

As Shaykh Abu Yusuf once said, "a person of taqwa does not shop for a fatwa"

Unfortunately many of these youth are now doing exactly the opposite, scouring all corners of the globe in their desperate search for a fatwa permitting what their nafs desires.

May Allah guide us all.