[The existence of] ikhtilāf [in a matter] is not a proof, rather the explanation of the Sunnah is a proof against the opposers, whether they be from the first [Muslims] or the later ones.”

Ikhtilāf is not a proof in the view of anyone that I know from the Fuquhā of this Ummah, except the one who has no vision, who has no knowledge, and who has no proof in his saying”.

And it is not for anyone to seek the saying of anyone as a proof in the matters in which there is dispute. Rather, the proof is in a text, consensus (ijmāʿ) and an evidence deduced from them (text and consensus) whose premises and foundations are established by Sharīʿah evidences. Not just the sayings of some of the scholars, for verily the sayings of the scholars, evidences are sought for them by Sharīʿah evidences. These sayings themselves are not be sought as the Sharīʿah evidences.