What does Al-ftwa mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ftwa (فتوة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-ftwa

Al-ftwa according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

In language: generosity and magnanimity; in the vocabulary of the people of reality: preferring creation over oneself, in this world and the hereafter.

Al-ftwa according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Being perpetually in the service of another's affair, for Allah the Most High.

Al-ftwa according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

In language: generosity and magnanimity.

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