قراءة نقدية للفتاوى الفضائية

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It was common practice among Muslims to ask their scholars about the Islamic rulings regarding the legitimacy of their actions and to consult with them regarding new issues at hand.

Legal Experts and Jurists who were qualified to authorize legal rulings would then answer these questions and issue Fatwas (Islamic legal opinions) accordingly.

In the past, the questioner himself would approach the Mufti and present his question in order to receive a direct answer.

Today, however, as a result of the technological revolution, a person sitting in his home or office can send his question to the Mufti and receive an answer directly.

This type of fatwa has been named live televised Fatwa.

This study examines a number of fatwas issued through numerous satellite channels, and identifies methodological and technical problems with these fatwas.

The study follows the descriptive and critical methodologies to answer these two questions: What are the most important problems experienced by the industry of televised Fatwa? How to deal with these problems? The study concludes that the Mufti's errors may occur in different ways, such as wrong deduction of the text, relying on old information in understanding the nature of the question at hand, not directing the questioner to that which is best for him, becoming confused, and others.