fatwah

English Thesaurus

1. (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	judgement, judgment, legal opinion, opinion,
definition	:	the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision (noun.communication)

domain category	:	islam, muslimism,
definition	:	the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion (noun.group)