Adherence to One of the Four Schools of Jurisprudence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that one learns and teaches a school of jurisprudence from the four schools and never deviates from it. Are these people correct?
Answer:
If he has the ability and knows how to determine the stronger position, it is not permissible for him to act on the weaker position, even if it is within his own school. As for if he does not have the ability to determine the stronger position, he acts on what he knows[Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that one learns and teaches a school of jurisprudence from the four schools and never deviates from it. Are these people correct?
Answer:
If he has the ability and knows how to determine the stronger position, it is not permissible for him to act on the weaker position, even if it is within his own school. As for if he does not have the ability to determine the stronger position, he acts on what he knows
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [37] — alfawzan.live (1:10:26)
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