Tag: fatwa
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A Rejoinder to the Statement on Zakat by AMJA and FCNA
I am writing this article to advise the US Muslim community not to give credence to the “fatwā” issued by FCNA and AMJA. Darul Qasim’s Dār al-Iftāʾ will issue a more detailed rebuttal from a fiqh perspective. Acquiescence to a status quo is built upon defeatism and inertia. Over time, it breeds intellectual laziness, discourages…
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Revisiting the Premise of FCNA’s Fatwa on Calculations versus Moonsighting
In 2006, the Fiqh Council of North America (“FCNA”) adopted its fatwa concluding that calculations should replace the traditional practice of moonsighting to determine the Islamic lunar months. Though this position represented a stark break from tradition, it immediately gained widespread acceptance. At the same time, this fatwa was met with significant opposition from the…