EGAVE

fatwa

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
    The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.
  2. noun A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
    The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.
  3. noun A decree issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death, usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
  4. noun A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
  5. noun An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.
  6. verb To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically , a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.

Similar words

ruling decree edict opinion fatwah futwa futwah mufti mufty faqih

Often followed by

against of was is on and in issued that

Word family

fatwas

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