Concise Introduction to Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence Based on al-Waraqat [Part 30]
Requirements Needed for al-Mufti (Mujtahid)
Al-Mufti is a Muslim scholar who uses the proofs of Islamic Shariah, e.g. Quranic, Sunna proofs…etc. to deduce rules.
Al-Mufti is eligible to give fatwa, namely, rules of Islamic law on a particular matter.
• Al-Mufti should have knowledge of the principles and branches of Fiqh,
including agreed and disagreed matters among the scholars of Fiqh.
• Al-Mufti should be competent in juristic reasoning, i.e. he knows the rules of deduction, objectives of Islamic Shariah, and effective causes of rules.
• Al-Mufti should have knowledge of sciences that are needed to make deduction, such as deep knowledge of Arabic language and grammar, solid knowledge about the scholars of hadith, interpretation of the ayat of the Quran, and hadiths related to rules of Shariah.
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