Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Are the Answers on SeekersGuidance Considered Fatwa
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The speaker discusses the use of " fatwa" in various contexts, including official rulings, statements of opinion, and interviews. They clarify that " fatwa" refers to a religious question and that it is not a matter of whether or not a person needs insurance to start a Halal company. The speaker emphasizes the importance of providing reliable religious answers to avoid confusion.
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Are the answers here on seekers guidance
or is a something different? Is used to
refer to various different things. It can be
an official verdict.
Right?
Or it can be there's a can be
something
official.
It can a
you know, from a government you know, from
official body, it can be an official statement.
Legally, a
could be a new verdict on a new
on on a new matter. So it has
a range of usages.
Or the very general usage of the term
fatwa
is as
defined in the important contemporary work
by Mufti Taqi Usmani.
He defines
It is an answer to a religious question.
So what we provide at seekers guidance are
reliable religious answers
answered by people who are,
who have the requisite
training,
in those areas, and
reviewed and approved
by
those who have the requisite training and who
are recognized
to have expertise in this matter.
Guide and forgive
us all.
The term fatwa has at least 3 major
usages as we mentioned.
Right? So we avoid that not to cause
confusion or
or to fall into other things that we're
not necessarily in agreement with.
There's a question about if I needed if
if one need some insurance
to start a Halal company, it's best to
ask specifically about the specific situation.