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Mufti
Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion on a point of Islamic law / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mufti (/ˈmʌfti/; Arabic: مفتي), an Islamic legal authority who gives a formal legal opinion (fatwa) in answer to an inquiry by a private individual or judge. A fatwa usually requires knowledge of the Qur'ān and Hadith (narratives concerning the Prophet’s life and sayings), as well as knowledge of exegesis and collected precedents, and might be a pronouncement on some problematic legal matter.
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