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fatwa

term for the legal opinion or learned interpretation that a qualified jurist or mufti can give on issues pertaining to the Islamic law
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Qasim ibn Husayn Shirazi (scribe) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

fatwa ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,617 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: legal opinion[2], harangue[3]
  • Said to be the same as: Q12559462[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fatwas[5]
  • Main subject: sharia[6]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8]

Why It Matters

fatwa has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] fatwa is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi sharia

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Treisijs · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → ['Q8486941', 'Q5496999']
    Harper's tag → fatwas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Law"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → sharia
    Said to be the same as → Q12559462
    Topic's main category → Category:Fatwas
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 24410, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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