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also less commonly فتوا /fat-va/ n, pl: فتاوي fatwa, (pl: fatâvi) : Declaratory judgment of a leading religious scholar touching on a proposition put forward to him by any person or authority, or his voluntary judicious declaration touching on an issue of religious, social or political implications affecting the Muslim society of his own or of the world Muslim nations. A decisive religious decree / ordinance [issued by a supreme religious authority by way of putting an end to a controversy on or about a religious (or sometimes social or political) issue]. Legal opinion of a leading Muslim theological scholar. Definitive ruling of a nationally-confirmed religious scholar on a topic of some controversy. (loosely and broadly) judicial decision or academic opinion of a mufti, hence and by extension : sentence; adjudgment; award
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