a notification of the decision of the (Muhammadan) law in or respecting a particular case, fatwa, legal ruling by an Islamic religious scholar

to notify the decision of the law (in or respecting a case), to give a verdict, give judgment, to decree

to seek or demand (of a lawyer) a notification of the decision of the law (in or respecting a question), to take a legal opinion (in respect of the lawfulness of an act)

decision on an important issue by scholars in the light of the Qur'an and Sunnah

condemn one as an infidel