Clarification of the student of knowledge’s adherence to one of the four schools of jurisprudence

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it necessary for one who wants to learn religious knowledge to adhere to one of the four schools of jurisprudence?

Answer:
How does he learn the knowledge? He must follow one of the four Imams and adopt their school, learning according to its methodology. If he expands his knowledge, Allah will increase him in knowledge. He chooses from the opinions whatever is indicated by the evidence, even if it is not in his Imam’s school. He follows the evidence. Yes, because there is the absolute mujtahid and there is the mujtahid of a school. The mujtahid of a school is the one who takes the evidence, even if it is not in some issues, even if it is not in his Imam’s school. Yes.