The Muslim's Position on Disagreement in Jurisprudential Issues and the Ruling on Following Dispensations

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks and says: What is the Muslim's position on disagreement in jurisprudential issues? And what is the ruling on following dispensations?

Answer:
If a Muslim has knowledge of the stronger and weaker positions based on evidence, it is obligatory for him to follow what is stronger based on the evidence. If he does not have such knowledge, he should ask the scholars of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said: So he follows their ruling. However, he should not seek a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) except from one whose religion and knowledge he trusts. If that person issues a fatwa for him, he follows it. Do not follow dispensations (rukhsah) that are not legitimate. The legitimate dispensations that Allah has permitted, such as shortening the prayer while traveling, combining two prayers for the traveler or the sick, and combining Maghrib and 'Isha' in the case of rain, are legitimate dispensations. Performing them is more beloved to Allah than leaving them, for Allah loves that His dispensations be taken, just as He dislikes that His disobedience be committed. As for the dispensations that people claim are the opinions of scholars, that is a mistake. They are not dispensations. They are examined: whatever has evidence is followed, and whatever has no evidence is left. Yes.