The Ruling on Abandoning the Adoption of the Schools of Jurisprudence

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: One who calls for abandoning the adoption of the schools of jurisprudence, and adopting from the Book and the Sunnah, without adopting from the words of the jurists, what is your opinion on that?

Answer:
This is an error; making this statement absolutely is an error. Not everyone is able to adopt from the Book and the Sunnah; in fact, not even one in a thousand is able to adopt from the Book and the Sunnah. This is only for the great imams, such as Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam Ahmad, Imam al-Shafi'i, and their peers among the scholars and imams. As for the one who is below the level of independent legal reasoning, he asks the people of knowledge , and he chooses from the statements of the jurists that which is supported by evidence. If he has the qualification to know the evidence, he does not take every statement as it is, but he presents it to the evidence. And if he does not have the qualification to know the evidence, he asks the scholars of knowledge, . Yes.