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Former Egyptian Mufti Ali Gomaa launched new ideas and fatwas in his Ramadan program, “Nour al-Din,” which were described as strange and outside the principles of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, its orientations, and the consensus of Muslim imams.
Among his new fatwas and ideas, Jumaa said that there is “the possibility that God Almighty will abolish fire on the Day of Resurrection,” justifying this by “that God Almighty created fire only to frighten people and to prevent them from harming each other, in addition to the fact that there is a new religion that will enable all people to enter.” heaven".
Jumah added a new fatwa framing the relationship between girls and boys before marriage. He said, “Girls can be friends with boys normally, but the important thing is that there is not a kiss between them.” He explained, “There is no problem for a boy to text a girl and say, ‘I miss you,’” if her father knows about the relationship.
The 3/29/2024 episode of the “Above the Authority” program dealt with new ideas and fatwas that he launched on his Ramadan program, “Nour El-Din,” raising some questions about the importance of some sheikhs examining the fatwas of religious authorities such as Al-Azhar Al-Sharif before presenting such fatwas and ideas.
The episode posed a question: Did he review the Friday prayer of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif before presenting his ideas and fatwas that are far from consensus? Or does he consider himself of a higher status than Al-Azhar?
The episode indicated that if Gomaa had consulted the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb, he would have directed him to the importance of warning the Egyptians against Israeli ambitions, as Al-Tayeb himself said, “Israel has not and will not win.”
Source: Al Jazeera