Dealing with Weak and Anomalous Statements

Question:
This is a question that says: Recently, some people have appeared who issue fatwas to people based on weak and anomalous statements, and they dare to do things that can lead to the deviation of some people. So what is Your Eminence’s guidance for such people? And how do we deal with them?

Answer:
As for the various statements and opinions, we have the Book and the Sunnah, and praise be to Allah. We present them to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So we accept what agrees with the Book and the Sunnah, because it is the truth, and we reject what contradicts the Book and the Sunnah from among the statements.
No matter what the statement is, or who its speaker is, the false is never accepted by the Muslim; it is rejected. But if its speaker is a mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings) seeking the truth but he made a mistake, he has a reward, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: His effort is rewarded, and his mistake is forgiven because he did not intend it.
So we do not worship by following statements; we worship by following the Book and the Sunnah. So we accept from the statements what agrees with the Book and the Sunnah, and we leave what contradicts the Book and the Sunnah. We do not take the disagreement of scholars as an excuse, saying, "There is disagreement in this issue, and we have the right to choose." No, this is not permissible. We choose what is supported by evidence from the statements of the scholars. They tell us not to take their statements except what agrees with the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as Malik said, and Ahmad said, and others said, and Abu Hanifah and al-Shafi'i said, "This is what we were instructed: that we do not take their statements without presenting them to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)." Yes.