1) Select a false statement.

1. Fatawa issued by unqualified and or unauthorized individuals have no legal standing.
2. Muslim scholars are not infallible.
3. A mufti is an expert in Islamic law qualified to give authoritative legal opinions (fatawa).
4. A mufti is considered the pinnacle of scholars.
5. None of the above.

2) Select a true statement.

1. A person must be extremely well educated in Islamic jurisprudence to have the authority of issuing a fatwa.
2. By simply being a Muslim, one has full authority to issue a fatwa.
3. A person must have a degree in international and state law in order to issue a fatwa.
4. A Muslim should consider himself as self-sufficient and hence ignore all what scholars have to say.

3) With regards to being faced with competing fatawa in a nation that does not recognize Islamic law a person:

1. may choose which ruling to follow.
2. should ignore all fatawa, study the situation and derive his own personal fatwa.
3. should ignore the fatawa, open the Quran and seek a ruling for himself.
4. should ignore the fatawa and seek the opinion of common Muslims.

4) In nations that observe Islamic law:

1. fatawa are rigorously debated before being issued publicly.
2. fatawa are affirmed by consensus of a supreme religious council.
3. fatawa are rarely contradictory, and are enforceable by law.
4. All of the above.

5) A fatwa is an Islamic legal ruling, issued by:

1. an expert in religious law.
2. any Muslim who has memorized the Quran thoroughly.
3. any lawyer or judge who is a Muslim.
4. the Prophet Muhammad alone.