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**rXpX** · 09-03-2012, 11:21 PM

Imam an-Nawawi {May Allah have mercy upon him} said:

“Everyone is keen to give a Fatwa and they rush to give it, they will not be correct in giving Fatwa and will be confused. If they disliked giving Fatwa but there was no other way but to give a Fatwa, they shall be supported by Allah and their Fatwa will be correct...A Mufti must be pious, religious and knowledgeable.

[Imam] Malik {May Allah have mercy upon him} used to do what other people cannot stand and used to say:

“A Mufti will not be characterized by knowledge until he does things of piety which other people can not do. “

The same saying was reported from his Shaykh, Rabi'atur-Ra'i.

[Adab al-Mufti wal-Mustafti]

قال الحسين بن إسماعيل سمعت أبي يقول كان يجتمع في مجلس أحمد زهاء على خمسة آلاف ، أو يزيدون ، أقل من خمسمائة يكتبون ، والباقي يتعلمون منه حسن الأدب

“More than 5,000 people used to attend the Majālis [lectures] of Imām Ahmad. Less than 500 used to write, and the rest learned themselves good character from him”.

["Ādāb Shar'iyyah", 2/97]

09-03-2012, 11:21 PM	#20
rXpX Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 614 Senior Member	Imam an-Nawawi {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “Everyone is keen to give a Fatwa and they rush to give it, they will not be correct in giving Fatwa and will be confused. If they disliked giving Fatwa but there was no other way but to give a Fatwa, they shall be supported by Allah and their Fatwa will be correct...A Mufti must be pious, religious and knowledgeable. [Imam] Malik {May Allah have mercy upon him} used to do what other people cannot stand and used to say: “A Mufti will not be characterized by knowledge until he does things of piety which other people can not do. “ The same saying was reported from his Shaykh, Rabi'atur-Ra'i. [Adab al-Mufti wal-Mustafti] قال الحسين بن إسماعيل سمعت أبي يقول كان يجتمع في مجلس أحمد زهاء على خمسة آلاف ، أو يزيدون ، أقل من خمسمائة يكتبون ، والباقي يتعلمون منه حسن الأدب “More than 5,000 people used to attend the Majālis [lectures] of Imām Ahmad. Less than 500 used to write, and the rest learned themselves good character from him”. ["Ādāb Shar'iyyah", 2/97]
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