Revisiting the issue of initiating greetings (salām) to non-Muslims and answering their greetings: a comparative analysis of fatāwā issued in Malaysia

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Abd Rahman, Mohamad Zulkifli, Mat Jubri @ Shamsuddin, Mustafa, El Mesawi, Mohamed El Tahir
• التنسيق: فصل الكتاب
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, AHAS KIRKHS, IIUM 2024
• الموضوعات: BP140 Islamic law (Fiqh); BP173.6 Islam and the state; BP173.63 Islam and civil society; BP173.7 Islam and politics
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://irep.iium.edu.my/110334/1/110334_Revisiting%20the%20issue%20of%20initiating%20greetings.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/110334/

In Malaysia, there are two main fatwā bodies that discuss the problems faced by the Muslim community, namely the state’s fatwā committee which exists in every state and in Wilayah Persekutuan and the national fatwā council which discusses problems on a national level. The existence of these institut...