What is Mufti?
[[File:Gérôme_-_Mufti_Reading_in_His_Prayer_Stool.jpg|thumb|A Mufti reading in his prayer stool, by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]] ({{Circa|1900}})]] '''Mufti''' (/ˈmʌfti/; Arabic: مفتي), an Islamic legal authority who gives a formal legal opinion (fatwa) in answer to an inquiry by a private individual or judge. A fatwa usually requires knowledge of the [[Qur'an|Qur'ān]] and [[Hadith]] (narratives concerning the Prophet’s life and sayings), as well as knowledge of exegesis and collected precedents, and might be a pronouncement on some problematic legal matter. == Other websites == {{wiktionary}} * [http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/print/opr/t236/e0243 ''Fatwa''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120012810/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/print/opr/t236/e0243 |date=2015-11-20 }} – multi-part article from ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World'', via Oxford Islamic Studies * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120616103857/http://www.at-tawhid.net/article-la-deontologie-du-mufti-ibn-muhammad-as-salim-99229284.html The ethics of Muftī by Imam Ibn Khaldûn]{{in lang|fr}} * {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Muftī|short=x}} * {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Mufti|year=1905|short=x}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Arabic words and phrases]] [[Category:Islamic religious leaders]] [[Category:Lawyers]]