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Is it permissible to adopt one of two opinions from two different schools of thought regarding two separate issues mentioned in a single hadith, or is it obligatory to adopt one of the two schools of thought for both issues?

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The hadith to which the questioner refers is not known. The Shafi'is have two opinions regarding the nullification of wudu' by touching a woman: one is that it does not nullify wudu', and this was authenticated by Al-Ruyani and Al-Shashi; the other is that it does nullify wudu', and this was authenticated by the majority. As for the Hanafis, they hold that touching a woman's skin does not nullify wudu' at all, and this is the fatwa given. An ordinary person may move between madhhabs or imitate a scholar on a particular issue, provided that it is not merely out of caprice.

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