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**steevyjeors** · 09-04-2012, 03:22 AM

Bro, whats the difference between an 'alim and a mufti? I always think of them as the same.

A Mufti is a 'Alim who, after his 'Alim course/darse nizami, went on studying several more years specializing in Iftaa (sciences related to giving fatawa).
So, every Mufti is a 'Alim (scholar), but not all 'Ulama' are also Mufti (only a portion of them who added Iftaa studies to their "curriculum").

09-04-2012, 03:22 AM	#16
steevyjeors Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	Bro, whats the difference between an 'alim and a mufti? I always think of them as the same. A Mufti is a 'Alim who, after his 'Alim course/darse nizami, went on studying several more years specializing in Iftaa (sciences related to giving fatawa). So, every Mufti is a 'Alim (scholar), but not all 'Ulama' are also Mufti (only a portion of them who added Iftaa studies to their "curriculum").
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