Mufti
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A mufti is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion on a point of Islamic law. The act of issuing fatwas is called iftāʾ. Muftis and their fatāwa have played an important role through
A mufti gives sexual advice in response to a woman's complaint about her son-in-law's inability to consummate his marriage to her daughter. Ottoman manuscript, 1721.
Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand (est. 1422)
Muhammad Abduh, who served as the second Grand Mufti of Egypt (1899–1905) in the Egyptian Dar al-Ifta
Tobacco protest fatwa issued by Mirza Shirazi
Imam
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Imam is an Islamic leadership position. In Sunni Islam, an Imam generally refers to a religious leader, scholar, or the person who leads Muslims in prayer. The position is not necessarily hereditary o
Mufti
…prevailed among Twelver Shias in the 18th century and under the Qajar dynasty, the mujtahids further claimed to act collectively as deputies of the imam. According to this doctrine, all Muslims are supposed to follow a high-ranking living mujtahid bearing the title of marja' al-taqlid, whose fatwas are…
Imam presiding over prayer, Nasreddine Dinet, circa 1922
Abbasid Qadi acts as Imam delivers Khutbah in Mosque on the Minbar.
Prayer in the House of the Arnaut Chief, painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme,1857
An imam reads verses from the Quran after Isha' (night prayers) in the Mughal Empire