Fatwas Archive

Question: Is it valid that a ḥadīth, in the early eras, be mutawātir and known, then in later eras become āḥād and presumptive?

Question: It is said that the indication of apparent meanings is not definitive; therefore, one who opposes the apparent meanings of the Qur’an and the mass-transmitted Sunnah is not judged to be immoral (fāsiq). This is despite knowing that most...

Question: What is the wisdom behind the variation of the evidences of obligatory rulings in terms of clarity and obscurity, strength and weakness, certainty and probability, nearness and remoteness, and so on?

Question: Do legal obligations differ from one person to another due to differences in people’s dispositions or other factors?

Question: When did the science of Uṣūl al-Fiqh appear? And likewise the science of Uṣūl al-Dīn?

Question: What do you say regarding what has been narrated about the prophets (Peace be Upon Them) of seeking intercession by the Five—namely, the Prophet (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace), ʿAlī, Fāṭimah, al-Ḥasan, and...

Question: How can the Zaydīs be the saved group—the group of truth—when they are small in number, few in count, confined to a small corner of the land of Yemen? And if one counts the sects of the Muslims, they...

Question: It is said that the explicit text (naṣṣ) affirming the Imamate of the Commander of the Faithful ʿAlī (Peace be upon him) is a hidden text (naṣṣ khafī). What does that mean? And what is the difference between explicit...

A question was presented to me stating that it is said: The science of the principles of religion is not from the sciences of the Ahl al-Bayt, rather the Zaydiyyah took it from the Muʿtazilah; and likewise the science of...

Question: Some followers of (other) madhhabs direct criticism at the Zaydī position on the Imamate, saying: How can it be correct for us to have confidence in the Zaydī imams when we see, in a single era, more than one...