Many people fall into ambiguous matters; what are the means of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) for the Muslim in this regard?

Question:
The question says: Honorable Shaykh, the forbidden is distinct and the lawful is distinct, and between them are ambiguous matters. We have fallen into these ambiguous matters, especially since names have been imposed on the community other than their true names, whether through taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence), encouragement, or influence, and so on. What are the means of taqwa for the Muslim against this danger to the community?

Answer:
Yes, the forbidden is like the clear pillar, and the lawful is distinct. So it is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to avoid the clear forbidden, take the clear lawful, and adhere to what Allah has made obligatory, and this is taqwa.
As for the ambiguous matters, they are those in which the aspect of their prohibition is not clear, nor the aspect of their obligation. So the believer looks into them, reflects, examines the evidence, and asks the people of knowledge until it becomes clear to him whether they are from the category of the lawful, in which case he uses them, or from the category of the forbidden, in which case he avoids them. He exerts effort. If they remain ambiguous to him and are not clarified, he avoids them out of caution and leaves them off out of caution. Just as the decisive, God-fearing shepherd keeps away from people’s farms and protected areas so that his livestock do not fall into their farms, so the decisive, God-fearing person keeps away from the ambiguous matters whose status is hidden from him, so he does not use them, fearing that they may be forbidden. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So the decisive and God-fearing person avoids them until their status becomes clear to him, and he does what he can to know their reality. Yes.