No one is to be absolutely followed except the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
Ibn Taymiyyah said, “No one has to blindly follow any particular man in all that he enjoins or forbids or recommends apart from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. The Muslims should always refer their questions to the Muslim scholars, following this one sometimes and that one sometimes. If the follower decides to follow the view of a scholar with regard to a particular matter which he thinks is better for his religious commitment or is more correct, then that is permissible according to the majority of Muslim scholars, and Abu Hanifa, Malik, Ash-Shafi’ee, and Ahmad did not say that this was forbidden.”
Source: Majmu’ Al-Fatawa 23/382
قال ابن تيمية وَلَيْسَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ النَّاسِ أَنْ يُقَلِّدَ رَجُلًا بِعَيْنِهِ فِي كُلِّ مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ وَيَنْهَى عَنْهُ وَيَسْتَحِبُّهُ إلَّا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا زَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَسْتَفْتُونَ عُلَمَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيُقَلِّدُونَ تَارَةً هَذَا وَتَارَةً هَذَا فَإِذَا كَانَ الْمُقَلِّدُ يُقَلِّدُ فِي مَسْأَلَةٍ يَرَاهَا أَصْلَحَ فِي دِينِهِ أَوْ الْقَوْلُ بِهَا أَرْجَحُ أَوْ نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ جَازَ هَذَا بِاتِّفَاقِ جَمَاهِيرِ عُلَمَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ ذَلِكَ لَا أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ وَلَا مَالِكٌ وَلَا الشَّافِعِيُّ وَلَا أَحْمَد
23/382 مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية الفقه الصلاة باب الإمامة مسألة الاقتداء بالمسبوق
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