The Ruling on Affiliation with One of the Islamic Schools of Jurisprudence

Question:
Abu 'Abdullah from Jeddah says: Is affiliation with one of the Islamic schools of jurisprudence part of the completion of a person's Islam?

Answer:
A person who knows the evidence and knows the rulings is not permitted to follow anyone without knowing their evidence; rather, he has to take the rulings of the Shari'ah from their detailed evidence, and this is Islamic jurisprudence in the religion of Allah the Exalted.
As for the minor and the one who is unable to take the rulings from their evidence, he follows the people of knowledge, the people of knowledge who hold fast to the Book and the Sunnah, and he acts according to what they say. There is nothing wrong with his affiliating with one of the four Sunni schools of jurisprudence and following it. He, Mighty and Majestic, said: So it is obligatory for the one who has not been granted knowledge to ask the people of knowledge and take what they say and what they rule. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.