The ruling on seeking a fatwa from more than one scholar
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Question:
Disbelief, O Shaykh, may Allah protect you. We find many people seeking a fatwa from a particular scholar on a particular issue because it suits their desires, then they seek a fatwa from another scholar on another issue in order to obtain rulings that suit their desires. What is the ruling on this action? Is a person required to be content with one scholar for all rulings? And what is the criterion in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, this is one of those who follows his own desires, the one who consults scholars seeking what agrees with his desires, this is[Al-Qasas 28:50] health. As for the one who consults scholars to be certain, to be certain of the ruling and to clear his conscience, there is no harm in that. For example, he asked a scholar and he issued a fatwa, then he asked another to be certain; he is seeking a dispensation, or rather, he is only seeking certainty, so there is no harm in that, if Allah wills. Yes.
Disbelief, O Shaykh, may Allah protect you. We find many people seeking a fatwa from a particular scholar on a particular issue because it suits their desires, then they seek a fatwa from another scholar on another issue in order to obtain rulings that suit their desires. What is the ruling on this action? Is a person required to be content with one scholar for all rulings? And what is the criterion in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, this is one of those who follows his own desires, the one who consults scholars seeking what agrees with his desires, this is
than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allah? Indeed, Allah
مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ
Source
اتباع الهوى في استفتاء العلماء — alfawzan.live
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