What does the layperson follow when there are multiple jurisprudential opinions?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: As for the layperson, if there are multiple jurisprudential opinions on an issue, which of these opinions should he follow?
Answer:
He follows the word of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nahl 16:43] He does not follow the opinions. He asks the people of knowledge. If he does not know which is the correct opinion with its evidence, he asks the scholars.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: As for the layperson, if there are multiple jurisprudential opinions on an issue, which of these opinions should he follow?
Answer:
He follows the word of Allah the Exalted:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 711- بماذا يأخذ العامي عند تعدد الأقوال الفقهية؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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