1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

necessary to do that thing. They would either remain silent or
say the opposite. Thus, they would dissent from the religion and
drive the Muslims into sins or disbelief. During the times such
as when the armies of Genghis invaded Muslims’ lands, or
during the times of the Fâtimîds and the Rasûlîds, and even
during the time of the Abbâsids, such government officers
called muftîs said “permissible” about the harâm (forbidden).
They even said that the Qur’ân was a creature. During the
times when those officials caused the religion to be demolished
by writing made-up fatwâs, those who remained loyal to the
books of fiqh and to the books teaching the truth about the
religion remained on the right way. They thus were able to save
their faith.
Fatwâ means to communicate if something conforms or not
with the Sharî’at. It is not a fatwâ only to say, “It conforms,” or,
“It is not permissible.” It is necessary also to say from which
book of fiqh and from which writing this answer has been
derived. The fatwâs that are not conformable with books of fiqh
are wrong. It is not permissible to depend on them. Those who
read âyats and hadîths without learning or knowing Islâmic
knowledge and who give them meanings according to their own
minds and opinions are not called Islâmic savants. They can be
translators with a knowledge of Arabic like the priests in Beirut.
No matter how ornamented and bright their writings and words
are, they are worth nothing. Allahu ta’âlâ does not like or accept
the writings and words that are not conformable with what the
Ahl-i sunnat savants understood or with the books of fiqh which
they wrote.
Ibni Âbidin, while describing Qâdis (judges), says on the
three hundred and first page of the fourth volume, “It is not
suitable for a sinner to become the muftî because it is a
religious matter to give a fatwâ. The sinner’s words cannot be
accepted in religious affairs. The case is the same according to
the other madhhabs. It is not permissible to ask such muftîs
about anything. Also, according to the unanimity (of savants), it
is an essential condition that the muftî must be a Muslim and
sane. The fatwâ of a just and pious lady or of someone dumb
(unable to speak) person is acceptable. The muftî or the judge
should give a fatwâ according to the words of Imâm-i a’zâm
Abû Hanîfa. It he does not find it clearly in his words, he should
take Imâm-i Shaybânî’s words. After him, he should prefer
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