FETVÁ. - Turkish pronunciation of the Arabic fatva, a technical term denoting a legal responsum issued by a mufti or jurist of repute, in answer to a question put to him by a judge or by any private individual. Here is a Turkish f., as an example of the formulary followed on such occasions (Zejd and 'Amr are fictitious names, like our Caius and Titius).
The non-Muslim Zejd sells on delivery to the non-Muslim Ottoman subject 'Amr in Islamic territory a certain quantity of his goods at a given price. Then Zejd, without having received the price of payment, betakes himself to non-Muslim territory and remains there 30 years without being able to collect the price. Now, if Zejd were to return and demand that money from 'Amr, could 'Amr say: "Your right has fallen under the statute of limitations for the sole fact that you have spent 30 years abroad," and would he be authorized not to pay? Answer: "No; but God is wiser."
Bausani, Alessandro. “Fetvà.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1218. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fetva.
MLA
Bausani, Alessandro. “Fetvà.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1218. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fetva.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_fetva,
author = {Bausani, Alessandro},
title = {Fetvà},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1218},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/fetva}
}
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