مِنْ فتَاوى الشيخ مُحمَّد بنِ محمد العرَبِيّ الْعَوَّامِي المسلاّتِي اللَّيْثِي الْمُتَوَفَّى: 1368هــ - 1949م، وابنِه الشيخ: الطَّيِّب بن مُحمَّد العربي (ت: 1954م، أو: 1956م)

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Abstract

This is a study in which the author collected what he had come across so far in terms of written fatwas by two scholars from the city of Masallata; A father and his son, that only a little known about their life and their effects because nothing of their legacy had been published before. They are Sheikh Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Arabi al-Awami al-Laithi al-Masallati, [died: 1949 AD], and his son, Sheikh: al-Tayyib bin Muhammad al-Arabi [died: 1954, or: 1956 AD].The importance of this work comes from the fact that most of the muftis in our country during the Ottoman era and after it did not collect their written fatwas and they only release it to people or legal authorities who request it. Therefore, it is in danger of being lost over time if it is not collected and published to be beneficial.

The researcher could find several of fatwas of the two aforementioned sheikhs, the first part of which are the answers from both of them to the same calamity they were asked for and these are four fatwas. The second part includes nine fatwas which are the fatwas by Sheikh Muhammad al-Arabi alone. The third section is the sheikh’s Al-Tayyib fatwa alone, and it is one fatwa.The two sheikhs wrote these fatwas in their own handwriting and appended them with their names. Their topics varied among several chapters on transactions, starting with the chapter on divorce, and ending with the chapter on charity. The researcher divided his work into two parts; a study section that he devoted to introducing the two sheikhs and their approach to fatwas, and an investigative section in which he copied the text of those fatwas and commented on them in a way that would help in understanding them. Then the research concluded with the most important results and recommendations.