A mufti (Arabic: مفتي, muftī, Turkish: müftü) is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law (Sharia). In religious admistrative terms, a mufti to roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population. A muftiat or diyanet is a council of muftis.
A Mufti will generally go through an Iftaa course and the person should fulfill the following conditions set by scholars in order that he may be able to issue verdicts (fata...
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A mufti (Arabic: مفتي, muftī, Turkish: müftü) is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law (Sharia). In religious admistrative terms, a mufti to roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population. A muftiat or diyanet is a council of muftis.
A Mufti will generally go through an Iftaa course and the person should fulfill the following conditions set by scholars in order that he may be able to issue verdicts (fataawa). They are five:
First: He must be a Muslim.
Second: He must have reached the age of puberty.
Third: He must be just and trustworthy.
The scholars have unanimously agreed upon these first three.
Fourth: Ijma; "scholarly consensus". This is the opinion of a majority of the scholars.
Fifth: He must have the qualities of intellect and be of a good mind.
An example of the influence of the mufti can be taken from this incident in Tunisia: Habib Bourguiba, the late President of Tunisia once argued in 1961 (1381 Muslim Calendar) that "fasting"...
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