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Question: Should a Muslim follow
one madhab strictly?
Answer: This is not necessary
at all. Whenever you see a difference of opinion between two madhabs,
study the reasoning of both and adopt the one you find as more convincing
to your intellect. A person should entirely base this acceptance on reasoning
and not on desires. The greatest judge of this is one’s own conscience.
If you accept a point of view because it would be easy to follow, in spite,
of being intellectually convinced against it, then this, certainly, is
not the right attitude.
Also, if a person is not a religious
scholar, he should refrain from forming his independent opinion. He
should only select between the existing ones.
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