Nobody has issued a fatwa or put out a contract.
After discussing the findings among themselves, the scholars would issue a fatwa on the best way to deal with the problem at hand.
The Americans hoped that the cleric would issue a fatwa in support of them.
He also issued a fatwa against women driving cars, which may have been his most well known ruling.
He also issued a fatwa against the attendance of women in stadiums.
"All the clerics would have issued a fatwa calling for a holy war against the Americans."
He has used the court as a bully-pulpit, issuing fatwas on a variety of issues outside his jurisdiction.
Later, the Deoband seminary denied that it has issued such a fatwa.
Not surprisingly, he was opposed by the ulema as unorthodox and they issued a fatwa against him.
Husayni issued a fatwa for a holy war against British rule in May 1941.