Maulana Haseeb-ul-Hasan Siddiqui of the Sunni Ulema Board issued a fatwa against Sania Mirza, India's 18-year-old tennis star, declaring that "the dress she wears on the tennis courts not only doesn't cover large parts of her body but leaves nothing to the imagination".
Another mufti from Hapur has given a fatwa that "Muslims acting in movies is un-Islamic." As per the mufti's fatwa, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amir Khan and Feroze Khan are all involved in activities that are not permissible in Islam.
Mufti Habibur Rahman's fatwa issued from Darul Uloom Deoband declares the "use of credit cards as not permissible in Islam". Deoband is a small city in the Saharanpur District of Uttar Pradesh and Darul Uloom is one of the oldest seminaries in India.
As per Mufti Habibur Rahman's fatwa, National Bank of Pakistan (with its Visa and Master Card), Allied Bank of Pakistan (Master Card), Muslim Commercial Bank (Master Card), Askari Commercial Bank (Master Card), Habib Bank Limited, Prime Commercial Bank Limited and UBL's CHIP credit card are all businesses not permissible in Islam.
Mufti Mahmud ul-Hasan Bulandshahri's fatwa issued from Darul Uloom Deoband declares the "watching of television, including Islamic channels, [as] impermissible in Islam". As per Mufti Mahmud ul-Hasan Bulandshahri's fatwa businesses being conducted by Sony World Display Centre on Zamzama Boulevard in Karachi, Cavalry Ground in Lahore and Blue Area in Islamabad are not permissible in Islam.
Jamshed Khan, an investigative journalist, armed with hidden cameras went to at least 10 different muftis. In return for hard cash, sometimes as low as Rs2,500, muftis willing to issue 'made-to-order' fatwas were caught on tape and then broadcast on Star TV.
What can Sania Mirza do? What should National Bank of Pakistan do? What can Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amir Khan and Feroze Khan do? Answer: Hire Jamshed Khan.
Jamshed Khan, an investigative journalist, armed with hidden cameras went to at least 10 different muftis. In return for hard cash, sometimes as low as Rs2,500, muftis willing to issue 'made-to-order' fatwas were caught on tape and then broadcast on Star TV. For cash upfront, muftis were willing to issue fatwas on subjects requested by Jamshed Khan. One mufti issued fatwa against the "use of credit cards, double beds, camera-equipped cell phones, act [sic] in films, donate [sic] their organs or teach [sic] their children English". Another mufti issued a fatwa that the use of credit cards, double beds, camera-equipped cell phones, acting in films, donating organs or the teaching of English was permissible in Islam.
I am sure, Sania Miraz, NBP, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amir Khan and Feroze Khan can each afford to spare Rs. 2,500.
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#1 I wonder if I could get a fatwa against fatwas? Or muftis...
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