Fatwa
TERM FOR THE LEGAL OPINION OR LEARNED INTERPRETATION THAT A QUALIFIED JURIST OR MUFTI CAN GIVE ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE ISLAMIC LAW
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A fatwā (, also ; ; plural fatāwā ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified jurist in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist issuing fatwas is called a mufti, and the act of issuing fatwas is called iftāʾ.