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Cf. Sisters in Islam's letter to the Prime Minister,. have often used fatwa" interchangeably with legal reasoning, or ijtihad, neither of which is, however, binding. The collection offatwas that Muslim jurists and Muftis have compiled in their capacities as academic advisers to the judges, and writers, are basically oriented and provide feasible solutions to legal and religious issues. If one were to differentiate the fatwa from ijtihad^ the former may simply consist of a response, however brief, to a question without necessarily elaborating its own justification and rationale, whereas the latter must specify its own evidential basis. A ruling ofijtihad^ or offatwa for that matter, can acquire the force oflaw either through general consensus (ijma7) or by the command ofthe lawful government (i.e. the ulu al-amr). A fatwa or ijtihadwhich is not supported by either of these is not binding. A distinctive genre oflegal literature, known asfatawa, has developed over centuries consisting ofa learned response to practical questions posed to the Mufti often by the disputing parties in a lawsuit. If a person was dissatisfied with the fatwa of one Mufti, he or she wasfreeto consult another Mufti, or lawyer as in the current usage, for another opinion. It may readily be said evenfromthese cursory remarks that if the authorities in the various states ofMalaysia have decided, in their capacity as the ulu al-amr to give fatwas the automatic force of law they may be said to have exercised their legitimate authority. A simplistic answer ofthis kind may seem specious, yet it is basically correct from the perspective of siyasah sha^iyyah or a sharica-oriented polity. I shall explore this question a little further as the discussion proceeds but it must be noted at this point that although the shari'a entities the ulu al-amr to determine a certain procedure for fatwa, that procedure must in the meantime be in harmony with the dictate of a judiciary. As a doctrine ofpublic law, siyasahshafiyyah is inherendy rational and consist mainly ofActs and policy decisions, be they within or outside the established shari'a, which facilitate efficiency and good government, provided that they do not violate the recognized goals and principles crfshari'a. The before us is whether giving the fatwa the force oflaw outside normal constitutional procedures, and then creating a criminal offence on that basis is judicious and acceptable within theframeworkofsiyasahshafiyyah. Ifwe envisage the Federal Constitution as a command of the ulu al-amrfar excellence and then reach the conclusion that the fatwa procedure that is now devised is at odds with the Constitution, then the before us would be one of internal inconsistency and conflict within the generalframeworkofsiyasah shariyyah. For siyasah shafiyyah advocates pursuit of the legitimate interests of the people and authorizes government leaders to take all necessary measures, including legislation, that facilitate efficient management of the community affairs.43
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uphold the normative Qur'anic principle on freedom of religion and the provision, same time, of the death punishment for apostasy. In an attempt to reconcile these positions, it has been suggested, and rightly so, that the hadith in question envisaged only a hostile renunciation of Islam which was, in the early days of Islam, equivalent to high treason. The punishment was, in other words, meant, not for apostasy that emanated from conviction and belief, but for blasphemy and rebellion against the community and its legitimate leadership.60
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