What do these fatwas indicate with regard to the balance between practical legal reasoning and religious dictates?

A fetua (in Arabic, فتوى fatwā; plural, فتاوى, fatāwā), sometimes also fatuous, is a legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a specialist in religious law on a specific issue. Normally a fatwa is issued at the request of an individual or judge to establish an issue where fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence, is not clear. A scholar capable of issuing a fatwa is known as a mufti.

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