What is the difference.........

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What is the difference.........
Safa52
10/18/01 at 18:02:49
Assalamu alaikum.....
   

I am very curious about something...a Sister on another board used the word "fatwa".....is that the same as "hadith" ? May peace be with you......Safa
Re: What is the difference.........
meraj
10/18/01 at 18:08:17
slm,

hadith = an authentic saying of Prophet Muhammad (saw)

fatwa = an opinion of a scholar based on evidence from the Qur'an and sunnah.. including hadiths :)
Re: What is the difference.........
se7en
10/18/01 at 18:38:00
wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatAllah :)

There are some glossaries of Islamic terms on the web.. check out these threads for more info:

[*] [url=http://www.jannah.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl/YaBB.pl?board=ark&action=display&num=1458]List of Frequently Used Islamic Terms[/url]

[*] [url=http://www.jannah.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl/YaBB.pl?board=madrasa&action=display&num=4913]Islamic Dictionary[/url]


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