Is it permissible to follow one of the four schools of jurisprudence?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to follow one of the four schools of jurisprudence?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible, but without fanaticism. It is permissible without fanaticism. We take from them what is supported by evidence and leave what contradicts the evidence. Yes. The scholars of this land and the scholars of this land hold that they take what is supported by evidence. They are Hanbalis, but if the evidence is with a Hanafi, or a Maliki, or a Shafi'i, they follow it. They leave the weaker position, even if it is in their school, the school of Ahmad. So we do not be fanatical, and the Hanafi does not be fanatical, and the Shafi'i and the Maliki do not be fanatical. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to follow one of the four schools of jurisprudence?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible, but without fanaticism. It is permissible without fanaticism. We take from them what is supported by evidence and leave what contradicts the evidence. Yes. The scholars of this land and the scholars of this land hold that they take what is supported by evidence. They are Hanbalis, but if the evidence is with a Hanafi, or a Maliki, or a Shafi'i, they follow it. They leave the weaker position, even if it is in their school, the school of Ahmad. So we do not be fanatical, and the Hanafi does not be fanatical, and the Shafi'i and the Maliki do not be fanatical. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [246 -858] هل يجوز تقليد مذهبا من المذاهب الأربعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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