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Issue: If he asks (someone) about who is the most knowledgeable in this area (of which a questioner is inquiring about), and he is directed to two people:
مَسْأَلَةٌ: وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ - إذَا سَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ بَلَدِهِ بِالدِّينِ:

One is ṣāḥib ḥadīth (ie: a muḥaddith who knows the narrations of the) Prophet ﷺ, and another is a ṣāḥib rāʿī wa qiyās (ie: person of opinion and analogical deduction),
هَذَا صَاحِبُ حَدِيثٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: وَهَذَا صَاحِبُ رَأْيٍ وَقِيَاسٍ:

Then he should ask the person of ḥadīth,
فَلْيَسْأَلْ صَاحِبَ الْحَدِيثِ،

And it is not allowed for him to ask the person of opinion at all.
وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ صَاحِبَ الرَّأْيِ أَصْلًا.

The evidence for this is the Statement of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: {And today I have perfected for your your religion} [5:3]
بُرْهَانُ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ} [المائدة: 3]

And He the Exalted said: {So that you explaint to the people that which has been revealed to them} [16:44]
وقَوْله تَعَالَى: {لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ} [النحل: 44]

So this is the dīn (ie: religion that has been perfected and explained by Muḥammad ﷺ by way of narrations),
فَهَذَا هُوَ الدِّينُ،

And there is no religion but this,
لَا دِينَ سِوَى ذَلِكَ،

And al-rāʿī wa ʿl-qiyās al-dhan bāṭil (ie: opinions, analogical deductions, and speculation in the religion are invalid).
وَالرَّأْيُ وَالْقِيَاسُ ظَنٌّ وَالظَّنُّ بَاطِلٌ.

Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger ﷺ said: “Beware of al-dhan (ie: guess-work and speculation) is akḏab al-ḥadīth (ie: the most false of speech).”
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْجَسُورِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَضَّاحٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ «إيَّاكُمْ وَالظَّنَّ فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ»

Ibn Ḥazm, al-Muḥallá bi ʾl-Āthār 1/86 #104
ابن حزم، المحلى بالآثار ١/٨٦ #١٠٤
https://shamela.ws/book/767/66

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