Is it permissible for an unlearned person (layman) according to the Malikis to adopt the opinion of the majority?
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It is permissible to follow any of the four madhhabs, or others whose 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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