The Muslim's deviation from the legal school of his country
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for a Muslim man to deviate from the legal school of his country?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The legal school.
The Shaykh:
The legal school. He must follow the truth, follow the evidence, whatever evidence is established, whether from the school of the people of his country or from others, he takes it. And whatever contradicts the evidence, he does not take it. This is the obligation of the Muslim. There is no restriction on a Hanbali if the evidence is from the other schools that he takes it. And this is what the scholars do; they follow the evidence.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for a Muslim man to deviate from the legal school of his country?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The legal school.
The Shaykh:
The legal school. He must follow the truth, follow the evidence, whatever evidence is established, whether from the school of the people of his country or from others, he takes it. And whatever contradicts the evidence, he does not take it. This is the obligation of the Muslim. There is no restriction on a Hanbali if the evidence is from the other schools that he takes it. And this is what the scholars do; they follow the evidence.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل هذا السماع الشيطاني المضاد للسماع الرحماني له في الشرع بضعة عشر اسمًا — islamhouse.com (1:16:00)
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