Do we apply the hadith (Consult your heart) when scholars disagree?

The questioner : In the hadith ... Shaykh?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Can we say regarding the hadith ?

The Shaykh : Yes, but this comes after what shall I call it, the verification of this. As for "Consult your heart," that comes when there is no room for clarification, distinction, or preference. Because in reality, I feel completely that in our present age, there is no conscious culture among our people, and general awareness is not present among us. The proof is that, for example, there is a Shaykh you know who speaks about research and independent legal reasoning, has authored books, and is recognized, and so on. But as soon as a statement appears from a person about whom you know nothing, and we know this and feel it with our own hands, it is said, "You authenticated such-and-such a hadith, and so-and-so weakened it," or "You weakened such-and-such a hadith, and so-and-so authenticated it." So, what do you know, my brother, about the one who authenticated and the one who weakened? He knows nothing except what? That he authenticated or weakened. This is not how distinction is done, and this is not how verification is done, for whom? For the general public. As for the one who has been given some knowledge, he naturally has another treatment, meaning by referring to the principles and rules and the like. But we say that for the general people who do not have a scientific background, as they say today, distinction is achieved by studying the person who differed and the person who was differed with, comparing them in the characteristics that are present in each of them. The characteristics that are more numerous and better in one of them than the other are what make the heart feel reassured to follow, whether in Islamic jurisprudence or in hadith. This is my answer to what you asked.