noun
definition
A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.
example
I think the fatwas on that website are totally unreliable.
verb
definition
To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.
Examples of fatwa in a Sentence
He denied earlier reports he had issued a fatwa, or formal religious edict.
Let us read the fatwa of Sheikh Haitham Al-Haddad, dated 5 June 2004 and published on the MAB website.
I would hope that you would be able to resolve the issue without calling for a fatwa.
Nevertheless his descendants were left in possession of their ancestor's dominions; and till 1170 Kerman, to which belonged also the opposite coast of Oman, enjoyed a well-ordered government, except for a short interruption caused by the deposition of Iran Shah, who had embraced the tenets of the Ismailites, and was put to death (IIoi) in accordance with a fatwa of the ulema.
A fatwa is a decision according to Koran and Sunna, but without reasons, on an abstract case of law which is brought before the mufti by appeal from the cadi's judgment or by reference from the cadi himself.
Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd gave a fatwa to kill a man who was listening to some people discussing what the Prophet looked like.