Advice on Taking the Fatwas of Those Who Are Not Qualified

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In this time, there are many who issue fatwas without knowledge or qualification, and some of the common people take their words as their guide, as do some of the beginner students of knowledge. What is the advice regarding this?

Answer:
The advice is that we should leave these people and not rely on them, and we should also warn against them. If we know someone with this characteristic, we should warn against him. Nowadays, I have found that these websites and channels contain a great deal of rubbish, with people issuing fatwas, declaring things permissible and forbidden, and there is a lot of rubbish in these channels, websites, and networks. This is part of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that occurs in the end times. So a person should avoid it, be wary of it, and stay away from it, and not be deceived by what is found in them.