Is it obligatory for a layperson who seeks a fatwa from a scholar to ask for the evidence?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. The questioner asks: Is it obligatory for a layperson who seeks a fatwa from a scholar to ask for the evidence?

Answer:
A layperson does not ask for the evidence because he does not know the evidence. He asks for the ruling. As for the student of knowledge who seeks knowledge, he asks for the evidence so that he may benefit. As for the layperson, he does not know the evidence. His need is only for the clarification of the ruling. Yes.