Section 54. Qaul muktamad to be followed. (ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 1422H/2001M

ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 2001
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 1422H/2001M

PART III. - THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MUFTI, AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS AND THE FATWA COMMITTEE

Section 54. Qaul muktamad to be followed.

(1) In issuing any fatwa under section 50, or certifying an opinion under section 53, the Fatwa Committee shall ordinarily follow the accepted views (qaul muktamad) of the Mazhab Syafii.

(2) If the Fatwa Committee is of the opinion that following the qaul muktamad of the Mazhab Syafii will lead to a situation which is repugnant to public interest, the Fatwa Committee may; follow the qaul muktamad of the Mazhab Hanafi, Maliki or Hambali.

(3) If the Fatwa Committee is of the opinion that none of the qaul muktamad of the four Mazhabs may be followed without leading to a situation which is repugnant to public interest, the Fatwa Committee may make the fatwa according to ijtihad without being bound by the qaul muktamad of any of the four Mazhabs.