Mustang125
Registered Member
I don't want to write something that will hurt the feelings of our shia brethren, but yes, they can't go against the fatwa given by an Ayatollah. And it is not possible to take back the fatwa too.
Anyway, I have very limited knowledge of the fatwa system in Shia islam, so can't comment on it further. For me, it was the most stupid fatwa I have ever heard from someone whose entire nation was living with an existential threat for decades.
There is a concept of taqlid of mujtahids (Ayatullahs) in Shia madhab. There are 3 marja e taqlid that shiites can follow and these are the major ones, Khamenei, Sistani and Bashir Hussain Najafi who is originally from Pakistan. One way to avoid a fatwa is to change your taqlid. Also fatwas can change in my opinion and should change depending on the dynamics involved. For example Pork and blood does become ‘halal’ at a point where your existence is threatened without it. Then again this is my limited understanding and I am not a scholar.









