To what extent is the hadith: "You are more knowledgeable in the affairs of your worldly life" authentic, and what is its jurisprudential intent? Is it permissible to generalize it to all worldly matters, and can people, Islamically, exercise individual ijtihad based on reason in matters that benefit them in their worldly life?

What was mentioned is part of an authentic hadith narrated by Muslim from Anas, that the Prophet passed by some people pollinating palm trees and said: "If you do not do it, it will be good." But it produced an inferior type of dates. So he asked: "What is wrong with your palm trees?" They said: "You said such and such." So he said: "You are more knowledgeable in the affairs of your world." An-Nawawi titled a chapter on this hadith with the words: "Chapter on the obligation to comply with what he (peace be upon him) said regarding religious matters, but not what he mentioned concerning worldly livelihoods as a matter of opinion." This is the legislative intent, and it is general for all worldly affairs. Thus, every individual is permitted to strive in what suits them in worldly matters, as long as it does not contradict the Lawgiver by prohibiting extravagance, stinginess, or harming others.