There are many different opinions about the Islamic telephone service. The Mufti believes that taking money for giving a fatwa is illegal and dangerous that makes people turn to non-specialists. The dean of the Faculty of Shari’a is of opinion that if a certain institution asks an individual or a group to devote part of his time to issuing fatwas and is being paid for that is not haram. The Mufti himself is paid by the state for issuing fatwas. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi is of opinion that the government did not appoint the Mufti to take the right of giving fatwas from others.