Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Does One Have to Stick to One Madhhab Only

			Does one have to stick to one school
		

			of Islamic law?
		

			Can one take opinions of 1 madhab
		

			and some from another?
		

			In itself this is permissible.
		

			Our obligation is that we follow
		

			reliable qualified
		

			scholarship
		

			on everything
		

			that we do that is our obligation.
		

			And in that regards if we do that
		

			we have fulfilled
		

			our duty. So if someone prays as a
		

			Hanafi but gets married as a Shafi'i
		

			and
		

			follows the fiqh of halal and haram according
		

			to the Maliki school this would be fine.
		

			However, this can be a recipe for confusion
		

			and it can also be a recipe for
		

			slacking off in deen, like a fatwa shopping
		

			etcetera.
		

			So the recommendation is 1 learn 1 madhab
		

			and then focus on excellence in action. Right?
		

			And one stick to it and that gives
		

			us a standard of taqwa.
		

			But
		

			if there's a need or a benefit or
		

			simply one finds something difficult, it is not
		

			impermissible to follow another school as long as
		

			one does so on the basis of knowledge,
		

			not merely on the basis of hearsay. A
		

			lot of people say, oh I heard the
		

			Maliki's allow this and oh some people allow
		

			combining
		

			prayers etcetera. That's not following deen, that is
		

			more whimsical,
		

			religiosity
		

			and that's not conducive
		

			to
		

			being firm footed in one's Deen.
		

			We
		

			have many answers on seekers
		

			related to
		

			this notion of
		

			following a Madhab and we have a reader
		

			on it that will give you further
		

			details.