Insulting a Fatwa

Question

If someone says, “I urinate on the fatwa,” what is the ruling on it?

Answer

If the speaker is an uncomprehending child, or insane, or unconscious and bereft of reason, then by uttering these words he has not gone out of iman. “Fatawa ‘Alamgiri” (vol. 2, p. 876) states: [ar]وَشَرَائِطُ صِحَّتِهَا — أَيِ الرِّدَّةِ — الْعَقْلُ، فَلَا تَصِحُّ رِدَّةُ الْمَجْنُونِ وَلَا الصَّبِيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَعْقِلُ، وَكَذَا لَا تَصِحُّ رِدَّةُ السَّكْرَانِ الذَّاهِبِ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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