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The Layman's Position on Scholarly Disagreement in Fatwas

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Question:
This is a follow-up to the question in which the questioner mentioned some people who did not follow the scholars' fatwas. I say: What is your opinion of some of the young people who, when these fatwas are presented to them, say, "There are other scholars who disagree with these fatwas"? The common people are thus lost between these and those. Another question asks: What is your opinion of the one who hears this disagreement and says, "Every day you have a different religion"?

Answer:
We have referred to this in our speech and in previous answers: disagreement exists, but it is obligatory to take from the opinions that which is supported by evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. No one should say, "This has a contradictor, and there is another opinion, and another opinion, and the other opinion is misguidance." This is misguidance and leading people astray, may Allah protect us from it. It is obligatory that we take what is correct by evidence from the statements of the scholars of knowledge; this is the obligation of every Muslim. As for choosing from the opinions that which agrees with one's desire, that is the misguidance. Yes.
Source [و لا تتبعوا السبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيله] — alfawzan.live (1:00:06)

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