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Some Protocols of Fatwa in Light of Classical Scholarship

Masjid doorBy Ustadh Abdus Shakur Brooks

Ibn Ābidīn (1252 AH), a high standing Hanafi faqīh famously known for his marginal commentary on Radd Al-Mukhtār, wrote a versification know as Rasm Al-Mufti (Protocols of Giving Fatwa) which outlines the details of exactly how, and what is obligatory on those who issue fatwa.

He declared at the outset of that poem:

اعلم بأن الواجب اتباع ما * ترجيحه عن أهله قد علما

أو كان ظاهر الواية ولم * يرجّحوا خلاف ذاك فاعلم