Mufti

Mufti (/ˈmʌfti/; Arabic: مفتي), an Islamic legal authority who gives a formal legal opinion (fatwa) in answer to an inquiry by a private individual or judge. A fatwa usually requires knowledge of the Qur'ān and Hadith (narratives concerning the Prophet’s life and sayings), as well as knowledge of exegesis and collected precedents, and might be a pronouncement on some problematic legal matter.

 Other websites 

 Fatwa  – multi-part article from The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, via Oxford Islamic Studies
 The ethics of Muftī by Imam Ibn Khaldûn



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Category:Islamic religious leaders
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