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If you mean that he follows only his whims and desires and he comes up with weird opinions that are not part of the 4 schools of thought, such a person is deviant and he is ignorant. 

But if he is knowledgable yet he chooses only what goes along with the Quran and Sunnah but doesn’t go out of these reputable schools of thought, then this is permissible providing he is a scholar or a prominent student of knowledge.

If a daee says that he loves and respects all 4 madhhabs. But in fiqh and usool al fiqh, does not follow any one of the four and do their own ijtihad. Is there any problem in this?

Schools of Thought | August 12, 2021 8:31 pm
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My Uncle tells me not to move my index finger during attahiyat because ghair muqallid people do that who don’t understand the hadeeths well. He also tells me don’t read hadeeths and Directly understand becoz it will cause confusion and tells to follow a mazhab than follow sunnat as I might go wrong since there are context behind it. Any Advice Sheik please?
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My question is that you said a layman must choose 1 madhab to follow and not choose from second. I follow hanafi madhab but in hanafi madhab they pray witr with 3 rakahs (2 tashahhud and 1 tasleem) but i pray it like others with 2 rakah tasleem and then 1 rakah tasleem. So can i do it or should i pray only in hanafi way.