At the time that al-Azhar issued a decisive fatwa [fatwā] assuring that it is not dangerous to fast during Ramadan [Ramaḍān] in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the secretary of fatwās for the Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ announced that the Dār al-Iftāʾ was in the process of studying legal opinions.  Additionally, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Endowments [al-Awqāf] emphasized that the matter was up to doctors to decide.  The position of the Dār al-Iftāʾ and the Ministry of Endowments raises questions and speculations about whether there was an official maneuvering to create a fatwā about breaking the Ramadan fast, especially since fatwās inclined towards breaking the Ramadan fast had been released earlier on Egyptian satellite channels.