Is it necessary to belong to one of the four schools of jurisprudence and study Islamic jurisprudence in it, saying, "My school is such-and-such"?

Question:
Is it necessary to belong to one of the four schools of jurisprudence and study Islamic jurisprudence in them, saying, "My school is Hanbali, or Maliki, or Shafi'i, or Hanafi"?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Belonging to the four schools of jurisprudence is not a defect. There is no prohibition. The only prohibition is fanaticism.
As for taking from them what is clarified by evidence, or if you are ignorant and do not know anything, and you have no choice but to belong to one of the four schools of jurisprudence, where do you go?
You must belong to one of the four schools of jurisprudence. If you are a layperson and do not know, or if you are at the beginning of learning, it is necessary to belong to the four schools of jurisprudence. But fanaticism is what is not permissible; fanaticism is what is not permissible. Yes. May Allah reward you.
The great scholars are called Hanbalis. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah was Hanbali; he is called a Hanbali. Ibn al-Qayyim was Hanbali. Ibn Rajab, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was Maliki, and Ibn Hajar was Shafi'i. There is no prohibition in belonging to the four schools of jurisprudence, but without fanaticism, without fanaticism.