Suhaib Webb – What is a fatwa (part one)

Myself, I want to thank all of you

guys for subscribing and engaging. Before we get

started, let's frame sort of what is a

fatwa.

A fatwa. The word fatwa is a word

which means to make something which was ambiguous

or obscured clear.

It is to clarify a ruling.

That's why linguistically

a emergent adult who's just reached the ends

of puberty

is called fitiyeh. Because now we understand.

Because now we pretty much know

what they look like and who they're probably

gonna be.

So the job of the mufthi then is

to give a fatwa, and this is very

important

when there is something which is obscured,

ambiguous, or not clear.

And what's not clear here is what is

the hokum,

what is the guidance of sharia

on an issue? I'll talk about that in

our next discussion, but I just wanted to

frame it first of all that a fatwa

is to clarify a ruling

whose reality is obscured, ambiguous, or unknown.