A judicial decree, sentence, order or judgment: particularly when delivered by a Mufti or doctor of Muhammadan law.

Fatwa means legal opinion by a person of lawful authority. Legal system of Bangladesh empowers only the Courts to decide all questions relating to the legal opinion on the Muslim and other laws as in force in Bangladesh and as such any fatwa by any unauthorized person is illegal.[Editor, The Daily Banglabazar Patrika vs. District Magistrate, Naogaon, 21 BLD (HCD) 45]