Is there a fatwa that refutes the claim that contemporary scholars have not added anything new to Islamic sciences, including university dissertations?

The purposes of authorship are not limited to innovation and addition; they also include completing deficiencies, explaining obscure points, abridging lengthy works, collecting scattered material, organizing confused information, and correcting errors. Furthermore, authorship should involve deducing solutions for difficult problems, gathering disparate elements, clarifying ambiguities, and ensuring good composition.

In addition, there is a continuous need for jurisprudential ijtihad regarding contemporary issues (fiqh al-nawazil), which encompass areas such as acts of worship, transactions, judiciary, Islamic governance, and more. Contemporary scholars have made commendable efforts in this field.