Seeking a ruling from more than one scholar on the same issue

Question:
The questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to seek a ruling from more than one scholar on the same issue in order to feel reassured and at ease with the ruling?

Answer:
It is not befitting, nor is it permissible, to ask more than one scholar about a single issue. Rather, as we have mentioned, he must choose someone he trusts in their knowledge and religion, ask them, and stop at their answer. He stops at their answer because the mufti has exerted effort in investigating the matter and given him the answer, so he should accept it and not go to so-and-so, for he will become confused and perplexed. If he asks someone he trusts in their knowledge and religion, that is sufficient. Yes. And matters entrusted to specific bodies of scholars should be referred to those bodies; he should refer to them and accept their rulings. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah bless you, Your Excellency the Shaykh.