Listening to the muftis when they disagree
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Question:
He says: If the muftis disagree, whom should I listen to?
Answer:
Listen to the one who has the evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger; take the fatwa of the one who has the evidence. As for the one who contradicts the evidence, leave him and leave his fatwa.[An-Nisa 4:59] And if you do not know the evidence, ask the people of knowledge, saying: So-and-so says such-and-such, and so-and-so says such-and-such; which of them is correct? The scholar will clarify this for you. Yes.
He says: If the muftis disagree, whom should I listen to?
Answer:
Listen to the one who has the evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger; take the fatwa of the one who has the evidence. As for the one who contradicts the evidence, leave him and leave his fatwa.
And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-001-أثر الإيمان على الفرد والمجتمع|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (58:48)
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