الکفایات اللازمة للمفتی من وجهة نظر اساتذة کلیة الشریعة بجامعة القصیم

This study aims to explain cognitive, ethical and performative competencies with which a mufti is required to be equipped according to the professors of the faculty of islamic studies at qassim university, saudi arabia. the study used inductive method to determine the required competencies for the mufti and utilized questionnaires as a tool to determine the degree of need for the competencies from the point of view of the faculty members. this article identifies 79 competencies that are necessary for the mufti. the questionnaires show 91% of the competencies to be of high and very high degree of necessity while 9% of them medium degree. the results show no statistically significant differences in the classification of the competencies according to the academic rank or experience of the members of the sample.