Arabic: Mukhtar Al-Fatawa li Ibn Al-Qayyim – by Yusri Sayid Mohammad

• Mukhtar Al-Fatawa li Ibn Al-Qayyim – مختار الفتاوى لابن القيم
• Author: Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah
• Language: Arabic
• Binding: Hard Cover

The book, “Mukhtar Al-Fatawa” is the most sought and well known legal rulings of Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (691/1292 – 751/1350).

“Whoever wishes to witness the virtues of the prophets, let him look at the virtues of the scholars.”
Ibn Mas‘ūd said: “Whoever issues a fatwa for people in every matter they ask about is insane.”
Abū Hurayrah reported: “Whoever gives a fatwa without firm knowledge, the sin falls upon the one who issued it.”
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed that whoever is ignorant of something from the Book of Allah should refer it to a scholar, and should not presume to speak about what he does not know.

Ibn Sirin said: “For a man to die ignorant is better than for him to speak of what he does not know.”

There are numerous statements regarding fatwas which demonstrate their gravity and the prohibition of speaking about them without knowledge.

This book is among the most significant works of fatwas by our distinguished scholar—
The erudite imam, the ocean of knowledge, the master of the memorizers, the interpreter of the Qur’an: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.

In it, he explains the importance of the matter of fatwa, the prohibition of issuing them without knowledge, and the essential attributes a mufti must possess. The book also presents the most important legal verdicts in Islamic jurisprudence.