If a person asks more than one mufti about an issue and the opinions differ, is it permissible for him to take the easier opinion?
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The questioner : For example, a person asks the scholars of fatwa and asks others to see if there is a difference or disagreement among them!
The Shaykh : What do you mean by asking others, meaning people other than the scholars of fatwa?
The questioner : No, he asks the scholars of fatwa.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Answer the question and you will be at ease and you will put others at ease. You say he asks the scholars of fatwa, and then he asks others. Say: are the others from the scholars of fatwa or from the people of ignorance?
The questioner : From the scholars of fatwa, Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Okay, and then?
The questioner : So their opinions differ, meaning that when he asks, he takes the easier opinion for himself!
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. He must take the opinion closest to the Shari'ah, avoiding his own desires.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh I did not hear the sermon Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam), Bulugh al-Maram 16:32.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by asking others, meaning people other than the scholars of fatwa?
The questioner : No, he asks the scholars of fatwa.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Answer the question and you will be at ease and you will put others at ease. You say he asks the scholars of fatwa, and then he asks others. Say: are the others from the scholars of fatwa or from the people of ignorance?
The questioner : From the scholars of fatwa, Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Okay, and then?
The questioner : So their opinions differ, meaning that when he asks, he takes the easier opinion for himself!
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. He must take the opinion closest to the Shari'ah, avoiding his own desires.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh
Leave what causes doubt
دع ما يريبLeave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يَريبك إلى ما لا يريبكis like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it
ومن حام حول الحمى يوشك أن يقع فيه
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