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Can the fatwas published on the internet be relied upon definitively, and what is the response to those who reject them on the grounds that the internet is an unreliable medium for matters of religion?

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The Fatwa Committee on the website consists of experienced students of knowledge who follow the methodology of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah. In their fatwas, they rely on the Quran, Sunnah, Ijma' (consensus), and the Qiyas (analogy) of the scholars. They adhere to what has been established by the Imams of Islam and its scholars in the recognized jurisprudential schools of thought, and they select the strongest evidence when there is a contradiction. There are other beneficial fatwa websites.

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