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==Fatwa vs. court judgement (''qada'')== | ==Fatwa vs. court judgement (''qada'')== | ||
As Sunni caliphs subsequent to Muhammad's companions were generally not themselves considered muftis capable of delivering rulings on Islamic law, the Islamic court system evolved to distinguish the roles of the jurist and the judge. Jurists were generally private scholars who issued specific fatwas that carried only the weight of the issuing jurist's reputation, whereas judges, or ''Qadis'', were state employees who delivered a binding judgement for individual cases, often referencing the fatwas of reputable jurists in the process. | As Sunni caliphs subsequent to Muhammad's companions were generally not themselves considered muftis capable of delivering rulings on Islamic law, the Islamic court system evolved to distinguish the roles of the jurist and the judge. Jurists were generally private scholars who issued specific fatwas that carried only the weight of the issuing jurist's reputation, whereas judges, or ''Qadis'', were state employees who delivered a binding judgement for individual cases, often referencing the fatwas of reputable jurists in the process. | ||
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