Continuation of the speech of Shaykh Muhammad 'Ayd 'Abbas, the third point: explaining that it is obligatory for the Muslim to do one of three things according to his condition: either taqlid

Eid Abbasi : The third point is: We believe that in his Islamic legal rulings, by which he learns the rulings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in worship, in his conduct in life, and in his various deeds; we believe that it is obligatory for him to do one of three things according to the condition in which he is. If he is a scholar who is proficient in the knowledge of the language of the Arabs, the principles of jurisprudence, and the necessary sciences for the mujtahid, such as tafsir and hadith—of course, we do not want to be exhaustive, requiring him to be, for example, an expert in grammar or, for example, an expert in the language and the like—but rather that he actually has the capability, that he feels it and the scholars around him feel it; if he is a person of this standing, of this rank, with the ability to derive rulings from the Book and the Sunnah, then we believe that he must do so, and it is not permissible for him to follow others except in matters where he is unable to exercise ijtihad; either because he has no time for it, or due to various circumstances. This is the obligation of the first group: scholars must exercise ijtihad and not follow others, except until they take up the position and are able to exercise ijtihad.
The second group are the muqallids, and these are the majority of people due to their circumstances, their work, and their immersion in their worldly affairs. We believe that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has charged them with a matter that is clear in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): . Their reality is that they say: We do not know; we do not have the time, the intelligence, or the circumstances that qualify us to be scholars, and so on. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created people with differences in their intelligence, their talents, their minds, their circumstances, and their desires. Some of them have no desire for knowledge at all; such a person is only required to acquire the necessary knowledge. The obligation of knowledge is obligatory upon him, and there is no escape from it. As for anything beyond that, for example, expanding one's knowledge, he may have a desire for other arts and other works.
The important thing is that this muqallid must, by the text of the Qur'an, ask the people of knowledge. The people of knowledge are the people of knowledge of the Book and the Sunnah. As you see: , it did not say, for example, "ask those like them, the muqallids," or "ask, for example, other people who do not possess this quality," but rather . We deduce from this that they must ask the people of knowledge; about what? About the knowledge; because that is what they need. So this group of muqallids must ask the people of knowledge. But we do not find in the Book of Allah, nor in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, nor in the actions and sayings of the Companions, anything that obligates the Muslim to follow the opinion of one scholar or the opinions and ijtihad of a scholar in all his matters and throughout his life. We do not find this at all; rather, we challenge others to prove any of this.
Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has obligated us, if we are muqallids, to ask, but did He obligate us to ask a specific person? Absolutely not. This foundation must remain as long as the heavens and the earth exist, until the Hour comes. The best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The best of generations is the generation in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent. Did the Companions, did the Tabi'un, did their followers follow one scholar in all their lives? Were there schools of jurisprudence? No, they did not exist; they only appeared after the third century. If it were good, then those predecessors must have preceded them to it. And if it is... and it is a reality; then that means it is not permissible for it to remain and continue, and we must return to what was in the first three centuries.
So the issue of madhhabism is this second issue.
The third type of people remains, and they are the muttabi'un, who are in the middle between the muqallids and the mujtahids. These people have acquired some of the sciences; they have studied, for example, in the Faculty of Sharia, they attend the gatherings of knowledge, and they have the intelligence and acquisition that qualifies them to understand what is presented to them. They must follow and seek the help of the scholars' words and ask the people of knowledge, but they must ask them with knowledge of the evidence, with clarification of the argument and proof. So they do not follow, they do not follow in this way, and they do not follow blindly, but rather their methodology should be the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): . This is the third foundation that the Salafi call invites to and is built upon.