The Ruling on Following the Four Schools of Jurisprudence
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Question:
His other question, may Allah protect you: Is it obligatory for every Muslim to follow one of the four schools of jurisprudence?
Answer:
If a person has the ability to know the ruling from its evidence, it is not permissible for him to follow anyone else. However, if he is unable to do so, he must follow a scholar.[Yusuf 12:38] This is following the truth. If he has no evidence, he follows one of the four schools of jurisprudence. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said: [An-Nahl 16:43] And he does not waste his time in his desires and in his erroneous independent legal reasoning, for he does not have the qualification. Yes.
His other question, may Allah protect you: Is it obligatory for every Muslim to follow one of the four schools of jurisprudence?
Answer:
If a person has the ability to know the ruling from its evidence, it is not permissible for him to follow anyone else. However, if he is unable to do so, he must follow a scholar.
And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ آبَائِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَSo ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/284 — archive.org (9:05)
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