Fatwa Definition

fätwä
fatwas
noun
A religious and legal decree or edict issued by a council of religious leaders.
Webster's New World
A death sentence imposed through, or as through, such a decree.
Webster's New World
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verb

(rare) To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.

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Other Word Forms of Fatwa

Noun

Singular:
fatwa
Plural:
fatawa, fatwas

Origin of Fatwa

  • Arabic fatwā legal opinion ptw in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Arabic فتوى (fatwā), a formal legal opinion.

    From Wiktionary

Fatwa Sentence Examples

  • He denied earlier reports he had issued a fatwa, or formal religious edict.

  • Let us read the fatwa of Sheikh Haitham Al-Haddad, dated 5 June 2004 and published on the MAB website.

  • I would hope that you would be able to resolve the issue without calling for a fatwa.

  • Nevertheless his descendants were left in possession of their ancestor's dominions; and till 1170 Kerman, to which belonged also the opposite coast of Oman, enjoyed a well-ordered government, except for a short interruption caused by the deposition of Iran Shah, who had embraced the tenets of the Ismailites, and was put to death (IIoi) in accordance with a fatwa of the ulema.

  • Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd gave a fatwa to kill a man who was listening to some people discussing what the Prophet looked like.

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