Is it permissible for an unlearned person (layman) according to the Malikis to adopt the opinion of the majority?
It is permissible to follow any of the four madhhabs, or others whose madhhab has been preserved, documented, and its conditions known. Accordingly, it is permissible for a layperson to act upon the opinion of the majority.
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