A fatwa is a legal ruling delivered by a religious jurist, these days denoted by the rank of Ayatollah or higher. Fatwas are an integral aspect of Shia jurisprudence which operates on the basis of the continuous interpretation of scripture /1
The procedure normally follows an answer to a specific question. How the supplicant frames the question can dictate the nature of the answer. Different clerics can be approached for different topics which range from the mundane to the serious…/2
