If one of the students of knowledge, who has not yet reached the level of a shaykh, finds an authentic hadith that contradicts the ruling of a school of jurisprudence, and he does not know the principles of jurisprudence, is he...

The questioner : If one of the students of knowledge, who has not yet reached the level of a shaykh, finds an authentic hadith that contradicts the ruling of a school of jurisprudence, and he does not know the principles of jurisprudence, whether it is specific or general or restricted, for example, and so on, and he does not know, for example, its phrasing and structure, whether it is a description or a report or something else, does he rule first by returning to the school of jurisprudence, or does he ask the shaykh what the meaning of the hadith is, and then return to the school of jurisprudence?

The Shaykh : Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: So if this is a young student who does not know how to derive evidence, then he has no choice but to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence, whether he follows a previous deceased imam or follows a present imam by going to one of the scholars and asking him; this is the best. But if it becomes clear to him that this ruling contradicts an authentic hadith, it is obligatory for him to take the authentic hadith.