Is it permissible for a follower (muqallid) to switch from the opinion of a mujtahid whom he has followed regarding a specific new issue (nazilah)? Is there a difference of opinion among scholars on this matter? And what is Ibn Taymiyyah's view on it?
The layperson concerning matters of dispute imitates whomever he trusts. And Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah holds that if he acts upon a certain opinion, he is not permitted to abandon it in that particular incident.
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