What is the ruling on a layperson switching from one school of jurisprudence to another in specific issues?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on a layperson switching from one school of jurisprudence to another in specific issues?
Answer:
The common person has no school of jurisprudence; his school is the school of the one who issued the ruling for him, as they say:[An-Nahl 16:43] So asking the people of knowledge means that he follows their opinion. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on a layperson switching from one school of jurisprudence to another in specific issues?
Answer:
The common person has no school of jurisprudence; his school is the school of the one who issued the ruling for him, as they say:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [442 -939] ما حكم انتقال العامي من مذهب فقهي إلى مذهب آخر في مسائل معينة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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