1. The contemporary Fiqh an Nawaazil

We carry cell phones with us not realizing that there are lots of matters of Fiqh regarding it, for example, are we allowed to make any financial transactions over the phone, can we buy gold over the phone, can we buy stocks over the phone, how about driving, what is the hukm of speeding, are we accountable for this on judgement day, what if we are driving 150miles/hour and we get into an accident, what do we consider this. Therefore, almost everything that we do has a ruling of Fiqh. Fiqh an-Nawaazil has expanded and exploded greatly that even the fuqahaa and the council of Islamic Fiqh Academy cannot answer these questions easily and quickly. There are many questions, especially medical questions regarding doing operations and taking medications during Ramadaan for chronic illnesses, e.t.c, that the fuqahaa are still discussing. Fiqh anNawaazil is making the ulemaa and fuqahaa very busy and there are not enough mujtahideen to cover these issues. Therefore precedence needs to be given to collective ijtihaad.