The ruling on hypothesizing a specific case and seeking a fatwa about it

The question: Also, his second question, which says: I have heard it said: Do not hypothesize a specific case and seek a fatwa about it, for you may perhaps be afflicted by it. Is this correct?
The answer: There is no harm in this, but leaving off hypothetical questions is better; because the Muslim should occupy himself with what actually occurs, and strive to know the reality so that he knows Allah’s ruling in it. But as for what has not occurred, if he fears it may happen and that this matter is something that occurs among people and he wants to know its ruling, then there is nothing wrong with it. As for in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), it was not befitting to ask about something about which Allah was silent. But today, the Shari'ah has become established, and praise be to Allah, the Shari'ah has become established and the rulings have become established. So if he asks about Allah’s ruling in a matter from the matters he fears may happen to him, there is nothing wrong with that, and there is no harm in it. Yes.