Giving preference to the view of the Imam ﵀

Question

If in the aforementioned matter the fatwa is on the view of the Imam ﵀, does there still remain room after that for a scholar who is not a mufti to act himself on the view of the Sahibayn ﵏ and to have other common people act on the view of the Sahibayn, leaving the view of the Imam? How is it for him to do so, when Ibn 'Abidin ﵀ wrote in Sharh 'Uqud Rasm al-Mufti on p. 27: [ar]والمرجوح في مقابلته الراجح كالعدم[/ar] “The less preponderant (marjuh), in the presence of the preponderant (rajih), is as if non-existent.

Answer

There is now no particular need left to answer this.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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