The disagreement of two trustworthy scholars in a fatwa

Question:
This questioner says: If I hear two scholars whom I trust in their religion, their trustworthiness, and their scrupulousness, and one of them has issued a ruling of permissibility while the other has issued a ruling of prohibition, is it permissible for me to choose whatever I wish?

Answer:
I do not think this actually happens. I do not think two pious scholars would disagree. If they do disagree, then one of them must be mistaken, or he has not reached the level that the one before him reached. As for two scholars in the true sense who are pious, I do not think they would disagree on this. And as I mentioned to you, if you ask, first, if the matter is entrusted to an authority, then you refer to that authority and do not refer to anyone else. Second, if the matter is not entrusted to an authority—such as urgent, specific, or individual matters—then you choose the one you trust in his knowledge and ask him, and you do not go to a second scholar. Yes.