What is the danger of following scholars without evidence, based on the saying: "The scholar is sought for evidence, and not sought as evidence in himself," and based on the distortion of the Torah and the Gospel by Jewish scholars, and God's description of those Christians who followed them as misguided?

In summary, the رباني (divinely devoted) scholars of the Muslim nation are the best of the Ummah and the inheritors of the prophets, raised above people in rank. They are those who fear Allah, so do not harbor ill thoughts about them or disparage them. People, regarding deriving evidence, are of two types: The first type is capable of deriving evidence and is knowledgeable of the proofs and the methods of preference. Such a person must adhere to what the texts indicate and not abandon the preferred view among them for the saying of anyone, as Imam Al-Shafi'i said: "If you find in my book something contrary to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, then speak according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and abandon what I have said." The second type is the common people who have no knowledge of the proofs nor the ability to weigh and prefer. For these, their duty is to imitate scholars whose knowledge and piety are trustworthy. They are not burdened with following the evidence because they are unable to do so. Allah Almighty said: "So ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know." And this common person does not believe the scholar to be a legislator, but rather a conveyer from Allah and a means of knowing the ruling of Allah and His Messenger.