What is the ruling on adhering to a specific school of jurisprudence?

Question : What is the ruling on adhering to a specific school of jurisprudence if it becomes clear to a student of knowledge that his school is the weaker position in understanding the text, yet he adheres to his school? What is the ruling on that?

Answer : This adherence to a school of jurisprudence, when it has become clear that it is the weaker position according to the evidence, is a great danger for the one who does it. It means turning away from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the opinions of men, which he himself admits are wrong. The example of such a person is like the example of those about whom Allah spoke in His saying: . Similarly, it is like the example of those about whom Allah said: . So if you believe, O brother who follows a scholar without knowing his evidence, that the one you follow is not correct in this matter, how do you justify for yourself following him when you believe that by doing so you are contradicting the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
This never happens to a believer with complete faith. Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: Allah the Mighty and Majestic swore by His lordship over His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is a specific lordship that necessitates that what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said is correct by virtue of this lordship. They do not believe except with these conditions: three conditions that are essential. So how is it that you now turn away from the judgment of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the judgment of the one you follow blindly, while you admit that it is not correct?
I say: Return to your Lord and repent from this sin, and follow the truth and return to the correct path wherever it is. For the correct path is not specific to a certain sect; rather, the correct path is what the Book of Allah and the Sunnah indicate.