Is it permissible to take matters of creed and faith by following a scholar without knowing his evidence?

Question:
This questioner says: Are creed, the principles of religion, and matters of faith taken by following a scholar without knowing his evidence, or does the learner, the student of knowledge, and the common person take them from the evidence in the Book and the Sunnah?

Answer:
This varies according to the people and their capacity. It is not permissible for the scholar to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence. The learner seeks out the evidence; he seeks out the evidence and follows the one who has the evidence. As for the common person, this one does not know how to handle evidence and does not know how to derive rulings, so he is required to follow the people of truth and follow the people of good, and be with them. Their ruling is that the ruling of the people varies. Yes.